Hochfahren — meaning in English

English meaning

• boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
• bootstrap verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.

Senses

Hochfahren is used for these senses in English:

• boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
• bootstrap (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

boot — full definition

1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
4. verb To kick something or someone.
5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

bootstrap — full definition

1. verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
2. verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
3. noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.

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