🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

riavvio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ri.avˈvi.o/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reboot/ˈriː.buːt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il sistema richiede un riavvio completo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or an instance of restarting a computer system or electronic device.

    "A simple reboot of the router usually fixes the internet connection issue."
  2. 2

    A new version of a movie, television show, or video game that discards continuity in order to create a new beginning for the series.

    "The studio announced a futuristic reboot of the classic 1990s science fiction franchise."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix re- (meaning again) combined with boot, which originates from the old computing term bootstrap (shortened from pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps). The term emerged in the mid-20th century alongside early computing to describe the process of reloading or restarting an operating system.

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