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netboot

netboot noun: the booting of a system from a network.

Noun

netboot (uncountable)

  1. The booting of a system from a network.
    • Non-Intel architectures have historically included netboot capabilities that Red Hat Linux supports.2003, Sobell, A practical guide to Red Hat Linux eight, page 392
    • Several PXE-based netboot systems exist[…]2006, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Linux Administration Handbook, page 226

Verb

netboot (third-person singular simple present netboots, present participle netbooting, simple past and past participle netbooted)

  1. To boot a system in this manner.

Forms of netboot

third-person singular presentnetboots
present participlenetbooting
past participlenetbooted
pastnetbooted

Origin of netboot

From net + boot; see net (“network”).

Questions about netboot

What does netboot mean?
Netboot means the booting of a system from a network.
What part of speech is netboot?
Netboot can be a noun or a verb.

Words near netboot in the dictionary

  1. netblock
  2. netblocks
  3. netblotch
  4. netbook
  5. netbooks
  6. netboot
  7. netbooted
  8. netbooting
  9. netboots
  10. NetBSD
  11. netburp

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