Boot

[Sarah]

(n)(v)Military term: 1. Used to describe someone who is right out of boot camp and or their MOS school; 2. one who is unexperienced; 3. usually the target of hazing; 4. One who is still stuck in boot camp mode.

[Luis Fok]

When you boot a football, you kick it really far. When you boot a computer, you simply turn it on. Kicking your computer really far is not recommended, though you may be tempted to do so at times. The term boot comes from the word bootstraps, which people at one time used to get their boots on. Likewise, booting a computer gets it up and running.
In simple terms, to boot a computer is to turn it on. Once the computers power is turned on, the boot process takes place. This process involves loading the startup instructions from the computers ROM, followed by loading the operating system from the current boot disk. The boot disk is usually an internal hard drive, but can also be an external drive, a CD or DVD-ROM, or even a floppy disk. Once the operating system software is loaded, the boot process is complete and the computer is ready to be used.

[Little_Girl]

A person whom purchases alcohol and/or other [adult] items for [minors]. short for [bootleg].

[Dave Paprocki]

Boot in Figure Skating. The leather part of the skate that reaches up to the ankle and laces up.