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Startup vs Bootload - What's the difference?

startup | bootload |

As nouns the difference between startup and bootload

is that startup is the act or process of starting a process or machine while bootload is as much as the boot of a car can hold; a trunkload.

startup

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of starting a process or machine.
  • A new organization or business venture.
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  • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
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    Etymology 2

    , describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people
  • a kind of gaiter or legging
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    bootload

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) As much as the boot of a car can hold; a trunkload.
  • (computing) The work done by a boot loader; the startup of an operating system.