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Everything about Booting
Process of starting a computer
In computing, booting is the process of starting a computer as initiated via hardware such as a physical button on the computer or by a software command. After it is switched on, a computer's central processing unit (CPU) has no software in its main memory, so some process must load software into memory before it can be executed. This may be done by hardware or firmware in the CPU, or by a separate processor in the computer system. On some systems, a power-on reset (POR) does not initiate booting, and the operator must initiate booting after POR completes. IBM uses the term Initial Program Load (IPL) on some product lines. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BootingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Booting stage is the key timing for split nitrogen application in improving grain yield and quality of wheat – A global meta-analysisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Tailor of GloucesterThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Enhanced chilling tolerance at the booting stage in rice by transgenic overexpression of the ascorbate peroxidase gene, OsAPXaCited 190 times
- Go sideways: Boot sectorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BootloaderA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of boot
Noun A kicking, as with a booted foot.
Noun The act by which a computer is booted.
Noun Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Enhanced chilling tolerance at the booting stage in rice by transgenic overexpression of the ascorbate peroxidase gene, OsAPXa
QTLs conferring cold tolerance at the booting stage of rice using recombinant inbred lines from a japonica × indica cross
Effects of jointing and booting low temperature stresses on grain yield and yield components in wheat
WRKY53 negatively regulates rice cold tolerance at the booting stage by fine-tuning anther gibberellin levels
Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Cool-temperature Tolerance at Booting Stage in Temperate Japonica Rice.
A quantitative trait locus for cold tolerance at the booting stage on rice chromosome 8
Physical mapping and putative candidate gene identification of a quantitative trait locus Ctb1 for cold tolerance at the booting stage of rice
Identification and mapping of quantitative trait loci for cold tolerance at the booting stage in a japonica rice near-isogenic line
🆕 Influential since 2022
Booting stage is the key timing for split nitrogen application in improving grain yield and quality of wheat – A global meta-analysis
Effects of Drought Stress at the Booting Stage on Leaf Physiological Characteristics and Yield of Rice
CTB6 Confers Cold Tolerance at the Booting Stage by Maintaining Tapetum Development in Rice
Exogenous Application of Methyl Jasmonate at the Booting Stage Improves Rice’s Heat Tolerance by Enhancing Antioxidant and Photosynthetic Activities
Booting heat stress alters leaf photosynthesis, growth rate, phenology and yield in rice
📚 Books worth reading
The Tailor of GloucesterBeatrix Potter, H y Xiao Phd · 1903
Big Sarah's little bootsPaulette Bourgeois · 1986
Copper-toed bootsMarguerite de Angeli · 1938
The book of the feetJoseph Sparkes Hall · 1800
Footwear impression evidenceWilliam J. Bodziak · 1990
The organization of the boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts before 1875Blanche Evans Hazard · 1913
Beware the Fish!Gordon Korman · 1980
The Growing-Up FeetBeverly Cleary · 1987
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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