Rebooting means restarting a computer.
This process may be either intentionally conducted by a human user or may happen automatically without the user being aware that this will take place.
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Rebooting involves closing all programs and finalising all input and output operations. The rebooting can either be classified as soft/warm, where the system restarts without the interruption of power, or hard/cold, in which the entire power to the system is turned off and on again.
