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bootable
adjective
(
of
a
disk
,
drive
,
or
other
device
)
able
to
start
up
a
computer
by
loading
the
operating
system
•
I
created
a
bootable
USB
drive
to
install
the
new
operating
system
.
I
created
a
bootable
USB
drive
to
install
the
new
operating
system
.
•
"
Make
sure
the
CD
is
bootable
before
you
try
to
repair
the
laptop
,"
the
technician
advised
.
"
Make
sure
the
CD
is
bootable
before
you
try
to
repair
the
laptop
,"
the
technician
advised
.
Formed
from
the
computing
verb
“
boot
” (
to
start
up
a
computer
)
+
the
adjective-forming
suffix
“
-able
,”
meaning
“
capable
of
.”
The
word
began
appearing
in
technical
manuals
in
the
1970s
.
bootable
bootable
