Mobile Technology Glossary

noun a person or thing that is responsive

adjective describing something that reacts quickly and positively to something

• The new website design is highly responsive to different screen sizes.
• I love how this app is so responsive, it never lags or crashes.
• That customer service rep was super responsive, they got back to me right away.
• Her heart was not as responsive to his advances as he had hoped.

noun a program or code that loads and starts the operating system on a computer or device

• The bootloader is a program that loads the operating system into the computer's memory.
• I had to mess around with the bootloader to get my new software to work.
• I'm stuck in a bootloader loop and can't figure out how to fix it.
• The bootloader of my mind was stuck on the past, preventing me from moving forward.