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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: bootstrap Greg Gregory #199498 04/29/2011 10:07 PM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska "In computing, booting or bootstrapping is to load a fixed sequence of instructions in a computer to initiate the operating system. Earliest documented use: 1891." I had no idea! Peter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Re: bootstrap Greg Gregory 04/29/2011 10:22 AM Re: bootstrap pMan 04/29/2011 12:14 PM Re: bootstrap LukeJavan8 04/29/2011 3:12 PM Re: bootstrap LukeJavan8 04/29/2011 3:12 PM Re: bootstrap BranShea 04/29/2011 9:35 PM Re: bootstrap Tromboniator 04/29/2011 10:07 PM Re: bootstrap Faldage 04/29/2011 11:23 PM Re: bootstrap zmjezhd 04/30/2011 12:11 AM Re: bootstrap Tromboniator 04/30/2011 1:18 AM Re: bootstrap LukeJavan8 04/30/2011 2:50 PM Re: bootstrap Tromboniator 05/01/2011 3:17 AM Re: bootstrap LukeJavan8 05/01/2011 2:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,385 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,209 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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