Startup

Quick meaning: Startup is a noun meaning (computing, engineering) The act or process of starting a process or machine.

Meaning

(computing, engineering) The act or process of starting a process or machine.

More Meanings

1. (business) A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
2. (computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.
3. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
4. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) A kind of gaiter or legging.
5. (obsolete) One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.

Example Sentences

But Hob and Iohn of the countrey they stept in churlishly, in their high startvps […]

That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow: if I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.

1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, “Februarie,” Glosse, Galage) a startuppe or clownish shoe.

Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10, Microsoft Support 3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder. / 4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.

Word Forms

• startups
• start-up

Synonyms for startup

Depending on context, synonyms include inauguration.

Antonyms for startup

Common opposites include shutdown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inauguration, starting, start, begin, commence, beginning.

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