Is rebooting the same asrestarting?
What aboutresettinga computer,router, phone, etc.?
In more technical words, to reboot or restart something means to cycle the power state.
Romanovskyy / Getty Images
When you turn the machine off, its not receiving power.
When its turned back on, it is getting power.
A restart/reboot is a single step that involves both shutting down and then powering on something.
Once the equipment is powered back on, those apps and files have to be reopened.
The applications are simply shut down when the power is lost.
Learnhow to restart a Windows computerfor an example of the right way this is done.
The easiest way to put it is this:resetting is the same as erasing.
Say for example that youveforgotten the password to your router.
This is obviously a mistake, and the more correct direction would have been torestartthe computer after the installation.
Similarly, simplyrestartingyour smartphone before you sell it to someone certainly isnt the best decision.
