Computer Warm Booting

 A warm boot, also known as a soft reboot, is a process of restarting a computer or device without completely powering it off. During a warm boot, the device goes through a shorter restart process that skips some of the diagnostic tests and other initialization steps that occur during a cold boot.

When a device is warm booted, the operating system shuts down all running programs and services, clears the system memory, and reloads the operating system kernel and other core components. Unlike a cold boot, a warm boot does not fully power off the device, so the BIOS or firmware does not need to be reloaded.

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