Booter

Quick meaning: Booter is a noun meaning (computing) A program or process that boots.

Meaning

(computing) A program or process that boots.

More Meanings

1. (computing) The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
2. (sports) A person who plays association football.
3. (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
4. (computing, video games) A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standardized operating system.

Example Sentences

JavaOS works with a variety of booters.

“Argghh, a booter,” Sally groaned when she sloshed across a puddle too wide to jump.

If the firmware cannot locate a booter file, you will see a flashing folder icon with a question mark.

To allow full use of the system's limited resources and prevent users from making pirated copies of the game, the first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a booter, rather than being run from within DOS.

Word Forms

• booters

Synonyms for booter

Depending on context, synonyms include soaker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bootload, bootstrapper, boot, booting, bootup, autoboot.

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