moot

adj 1: open to debate [syn: {disputed}]

2: capable of being disproved [syn: {debatable}, {disputable}]

v : think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the

possibility of a strike" [syn: {consider}, {debate}, {turn

over}, {deliberate}]

boot

(from "{bootstrap}" or "to pull oneself up

by one's bootstraps") To load and initialise the {operating

system} on a computer.

See {reboot}, {cold boot}, {warm boot}, {soft boot}, {hard

boot}, {bootstrap}, {bootstrap loader}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-11-27)