booter

boot +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːtɚ/

booter (plural booters)

1. (computing) A program or process that boots.
   • 1999, Tom Saulpaugh, Charles A Mirho, Inside the JavaOS operating system:

     JavaOS works with a variety of booters.

   • 2009, Kevin M White, Mac OS X Support Essentials v106:

     If the firmware cannot locate a booter file, you will see a flashing folder icon with a question mark.

2. (computing, video games) A game that is launched by booting directly from the floppy disk containing the game program, rather than starting the program from within the computer's standardized operating system.

   To allow full use of the system's limited resources and prevent users from making pirated copies of the game, the first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a booter, rather than being run from within DOS.

   1. The floppy disk used to launch a game in such a manner.
3. (sports) A person who plays association football.
   • 2017, “A Total of 68 booters from Davao Region will vie for slots in the national junior teams as football regional leg kicked off March 3 to 5 at the Fifa Football Training Center in Valencia, Bukidnon City.”, in Sun Star Davao:
4. (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
   • 1997, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike, page 106:

     “Argghh, a booter,” Sally groaned when she sloshed across a puddle too wide to jump.

• (stepping in a deep puddle): soaker

• Botero, reboot