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Booting a Computer
May 23, 2009 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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In an earlier episode, Martha explained the origin of the expression to boot, meaning "in addition" or "besides." That prompted an email from a listener wanting to know why we speak of booting a computer. Grant has the answer. This is part of a complete episode.
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