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Originally Posted by acropolite
I understood that the term was nothing to do with kicking rather the term originally referred to "pulling ones self up by the bootstraps" the term referring to the process of bringing the system up with a small amount of code.
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You're absolutely right Phil:
"Boot is also used as a noun for the act of booting, as in "a system boot." The term apparently derives from bootstrap which is a small strap or loop at the back of a leather boot that enables you to pull the entire boot on. There is also an expression, "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps," meaning to leverage yourself to success from a small beginning."
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But I suppose when the system crashs like that you do feel like giving it a good boot.
