Definition of "reboot" []

• To turn (a computer or operating system) off and then on again; restart. (verb-transitive)

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• "Bringing a new meaning to the term reboot, Dimension Films announced Thursday that a "Short Circuit" remake is in the works."
• "Walk up to any computer, plug in your mouse, reboot from the flash drive and you've got a system all set up the way you like it. sinisterscrawl"
• "A reboot is just setting something in a different continuity."