Section 2 - Startup Behavior

Understand "boot [a computer]" as switching on. Understand "boot [something]" as switching on.

Understand "reboot [a computer]" as rebooting. Understand "reboot [something]" as rebooting. Understand "restart [a computer]" as rebooting. Understand "restart [something]" as rebooting.

Rebooting is an action applying to one thing.

Check rebooting something which is not a computer (this is the can only reboot computers rule):
    say "[The noun] [is-are] not rebootable." instead.

Carry out rebooting something:
    try switching off the noun;
    if the noun is switched off:
        try switching on the noun.

Report switching on a computer (this is the computers make a noise on starting rule):
    say "[The startup noise of the noun][paragraph break]";
    let target screen be a random screen that is part of the noun;
    try examining the target screen instead.

After examining a switched on computer (this is the report software when examining a functioning computer rule):
    let target screen be a random screen that is part of the noun;
    try examining the target screen.