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booter

/ˈbuːtɚ/

booter noun: a program or process that boots.

Noun (1)

booter (plural booters)

  1. A program or process that boots.
    • JavaOS works with a variety of booters.1999, Tom Saulpaugh, Charles A Mirho, Inside the JavaOS operating system
    • If the firmware cannot locate a booter file, you will see a flashing folder icon with a question mark.2009, Kevin M White, Mac OS X Support Essentials v106
  2. A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standardized operating system.
    • To allow full use of the system's limited resources and prevent users from making pirated copies of the game, the first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a booter, rather than being run from within DOS.
  3. The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
  4. A person who plays association football.
  5. (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
    • “Argghh, a booter,” Sally groaned when she sloshed across a puddle too wide to jump.1997, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike, page 106
    Synonyms:
    soaker

Noun (2) capitalized: Booter

Booter (plural Booters)

  1. A fan of the ReBoot CGI-animated television series.
    Synonyms:
    Bootnik

Synonyms of booter

Forms of booter

pluralbooters
pluralBooters

Origin of booter

From boot + -er.

Questions about booter

What does booter mean?
Booter means a program or process that boots.
What part of speech is booter?
Booter is a noun.
How do you pronounce booter?
Booter is pronounced /ˈbuːtɚ/.
What is the plural of booter?
The plural of booter is booters.

Words near booter in the dictionary

  1. booted warbler
  2. booted warblers
  3. bootee
  4. booteed
  5. bootees
  6. booter
  7. booterie
  8. booteries
  9. booters
  10. Booterstown
  11. bootery

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