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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
soft boot
A boot which resets only part of the
system.
For example, "If you're running the mess-dos emulator,
control-alt-insert will cause a soft boot of the emulator,
while leaving the rest of the system running".
Contrast hard boot.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-11-27)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]soft boot n. See boot.