autostart
English
Etymology
auto- + start
Verb
autostart (third-person singular simple present autostarts, present participle autostarting, simple past and past participle autostarted)
- (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
Translations
to start automatically
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Noun
autostart (countable and uncountable, plural autostarts)
- (computing) (An instance of) automatic starting.
- 2011, Rogier Dittner, David Rule, The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period (page 807)
- When you utilize this option, the autostart and autostop options are added to the virtual machine's vmx file. You can also take this a step further and define the startup and shutdown order of the virtual machines […]
- 2011, Rogier Dittner, David Rule, The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period (page 807)
- (computing) A program or application set to start automatically.
- 2006, Dave Kleiman, editor, Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide, →ISBN, page 104:
- Vundo installs two autostarts—one a WinLogon Notify and the other a BHO—that reference the same randomly named infective DLL file.
- 2008, Steve Bunting, EnCE: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 510:
- EnCase 6 has a new folder “Main” and is utilized as an autostart. Inside the Main folder is the Tool Menu Plugin script that loads on startup […]
- 2011, Mark E. Russinovich; Aaron Margosis, Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference, 1st edition, →ISBN:
- This category of autostarts comprises packages that define or extend user authentication for Windows, via the Local Security Authority (LSA).
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Translations
automatic starting
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See also
- autorun
- boot
- launch
- start up → startup