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A protective coating over a cable; wire or connector in addition to the normal jacket or insulation or a form placed around wire termination of a multi-contact connector to contain the liquid potting compound before it hardens.
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A technique for loading the first few instructions of a computer program into active memory and then using them to bring in the rest of the program.
Ãâó: www.islandone.org/MMSG/aasm/AASMGlossary.html
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To load and initialize the operating system on a computer. Often abbreviated to boot.
Ãâó: www.ontrack.com/glossary/
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To start up your computer. Because the computer gets itself up and going from an inert state, it could be said to lift itself up "by its own bootstraps" -- this is where the term 'boot' originates.
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To start a computer so that it is ready to run programs for the user. A PC can be booted either by turning its power on, (Cold Boot) or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del (Warm Boot).
Ãâó: www.infosec.gov.hk/english/general/glossary.htm
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