BOOTCAMP

Boot Camp

Boot Camp is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s OS X that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers. The utility's Boot Camp Assistant guides users through non-destructive disk partitioning of their hard disk drive and installation of Windows device drivers. The utility also installs a Windows Control Panel applet for selecting the boot operating system.

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Boot camp

Boot camps can be governmental being part of the correctional and penal system of some countries, but predominantly in the United States. Modeled after military recruit training camps, these programs are based on shock incarceration grounded on military techniques. Private boot camps, using generally the same methods, offer programs as "quick-fix solutions" for the children of parents who hope to regain lost control of their teens or who desire behavior modification. The aggressive training used has resulted in deaths in a variety of circumstances.

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boot camp

Noun

  1. Initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps).
  2. A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
  3. Any short, intensive course of training.
    We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.


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