power cycle 

Standard diagnostic technique. Involves removing power from a printer/workstation/server and reapplying it. This will usually clear most error conditions and allow one to resume normal operations. Also known as 'Buttoning it'

Customer: My computer froze when I started explorer...
Helpdesk: Did you try power cycling it?
Customer: Whuh?
Helpdesk: Turn it off, then back on
Customer: But I'll lose all my work!
Helpdesk: No splurgh...

power cycle by .shalroth May 23, 2005

power cycle 

To watch an entire season of a television show in a short amount of time.

I was sick, so I decided to power cycle through season 2 of 'Family Guy'.

power cycle by AbsolutAmber January 12, 2009

Power cycle 

To unplug a power adapter for an electronic device .

Would you power cycle your wireless router?

Power cycle by Thefootball December 15, 2017

go through the power cycle 

IT support desk lingo for turning your PC on and off again , a modern version of "please reboot your machine" , normally said in an incredibly patronising and monotone voice

My f**king PC crashed again and those IT geeks just told me to go through the power cycle so now I've lost a whole days work .

go through the power cycle by twenty dollar g string girl March 10, 2011