cold boot

== English == === Verb === cold boot (third-person singular simple present cold boots, present participle cold booting, simple past and past participle cold booted) (transitive, computing) To reboot a computer by turning it off and on. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === cold boot (plural cold boots) (computing) The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on. ==== Coordinate terms ==== warm boot ==== Derived terms ==== cold boot attack ==== See also ==== power-cycle