autostart

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ start

Verb

autostart (third-person singular simple present autostarts, present participle autostarting, simple past and past participle autostarted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.

Translations

to start automatically

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自啟／自启 (zìqǐ)

• Hungarian: automatikusan (el)indul

Noun

autostart (countable and uncountable, plural autostarts)

1. (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 […]

2. (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^[1], 1st edition, →ISBN:

     This category of autostarts comprises packages that define or extend user authentication for Windows, via the Local Security Authority (LSA).

Translations

automatic starting

• Hungarian: automatikus indítás

See also

• autorun
• boot
• launch
• start up → startup