Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ...

On 10/08/2012 04:52 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2012, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Hi :) Speculation can provide a lot of amusement.  I like 
> > Anne-ology's explanation.  The real answer is quite good too.  So, 
> > where did "boot-up" come from?  Wasn't that soem engineering term to 
> > do with subs too? Regards from Tom :)
/snip/

The term "boot" or "boot up" comes from the idea of raising yourself by 
your own bootstraps--seemingly impossible, but when you boot up, you are
using the operating system to start itself.

--doug

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