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When can I give DOS the boot?
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MS-DOS is a boot sector virus!
Can I call you Ms. Dos ?
boot v.,n. [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon....
MS-DOS:: /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n.
A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is said to have regretted it ever since....
Speak roughly to your little VAX, And boot it when it crashe
It knows that one cannot relax Because the paging thrashes!...
Speak roughly to your little Vax, And boot it when it crashe
It knows that one cannot relax Because the paging thrashes!...
Help! I've crashed and I can't boot up!