Starting up the Computer

Question

I'ld like to know how you talk about 'starting up the computer' in Spanish. I am doing some translations pertaining to IT and I understand "restarting" is reinicializar but don't have the phrase for "starting up".

I'ld appreciate any help with this. Thanks all!

Answer 1

Encender el equipo is the jargon on my Spanish laptop and reiniciar is re start i.e. close down and restart and if you just want to turn off the computor it is apagar. Other terms are cambiar de usuario = change of user, cerrar sesión = close down but not turn off the computor, bloquear =block the use of your computor if you are leaving it for a while, In Spain the computor is mostly reffered to as "un ordenador"

Answer 2

Hi I got this from a friend

Prender la computadora or encender la computadora

reinicializar is more like rebooting !!