bounce a box

IT slang: to reboot a computer. (Bounce = reboot, box = computer). It sounds dirty, so we like saying it.

Carla locked out her account again, so I reset her password and told her to bounce her box.

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by Anonymus Bosch June 20, 2006

bounce the box

rage the vag

unexpectedly

Hal: "Hey Fred, just so you know, I'm going to bounce the box".

Fred: "OK, I'm out of it already"

by Concerned Box January 11, 2008

bounce the box

A term used in some I.T. circles, amongst those that have been doing it for a long while, to say that they are going to restart a server.

Hal: "Hey Fred, just so you know, I'm going to bounce the box".

Fred: "OK, I'm out of it already"

by John E. Mayorga February 1, 2005

bounce the box

To reboot a computer.

If your program crashes you need to bounce the box.

by Compmouse March 25, 2004