hard reboot

1. The act of restarting a computer system by disconnecting and reconnecting its power source. Wait, don't unplug your computer just yet—only do a hard reboot if you have to. A hard reboot is the only way I can get my computer to turn on anymore. Is that bad? I didn't intentionally do a hard reboot—the power went out, and that made my computer restart.

2. A film, TV show, or other media franchise that is related to an earlier work or installment but is intended to reinvigorate or update the franchise by dramatically altering many elements of it, such as continuity, aesthetic, tone, and the cast of actors. Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is usually seen as a hard reboot for the caped crusader. But people fell in love with the characters and settings of the original series. Why give it a hard reboot? Is there really an audience for a hard reboot of the soap opera as a dark thriller?