Sentence examples for to boot up for from inspiring English sources

SOHO was designed to monitor solar activity, but lost its lock on the sun, went into an emergency mode and began spinning uncontrollably, losing power as it did so.The probe was slowly spinning, with sunlight falling on its solar panels once a minute, causing its computer to boot up for 25 seconds each time.

For many people, waiting for their computers to boot up is time passed drumming their fingers, making a cup of coffee or watching the grass grow.

While the Internet service may be available everywhere, it took several painful minutes for Windows to boot up.

But when Nokia officials were setting up a computer presentation on Bluetooth and other future mobile technologies, they still had to fumble with cables and wait for Windows to boot up.

For now, when Jacob Mosier's mother, Ginny, of Las Vegas, tells him they are going to visit Mamaw and Grumpa, in Scottsdale, Ariz., the 2-year-old runs to the computer and waits happily for it to boot up.

For their piece the group have created a series of stunning data visualizations that explore our relationship to our computers: the time spent waiting for them to boot up and the iconography associated with this, how the size and processing power of computers has changed, the words we associate with our machines, and how the gestures we use have evolved.

Plug your modem back in and wait a minute for it to boot up.

Turn on your phone and wait for it to boot up.

I don't know how many pictures I've missed waiting for the camera to boot up.

Wait for the laptop to boot up.

Wait for the computer to boot up.