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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The booting of a system from a network. uncountable

   "Non-Intel architectures have historically included netboot capabilities that Red Hat Linux supports."

Verb

1. 1
   To boot a system in this manner.

Example

More examples

"Non-Intel architectures have historically included netboot capabilities that Red Hat Linux supports."

Etymology

From net + boot; see net (“network”).

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