Käivituvad

Käivituvad is a form of an Estonian verb meaning to start up, become operational, or be launched. It represents the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb käivituma (to start up, to become active) or käivitada (to initiate, to boot). The word is built from the root käivit- with the plural present marker -uvad, signaling that multiple subjects are beginning to operate.

In usage, käivituvad is common in technical, computing, and engineering contexts, as well as in project management and process descriptions. It denotes that processes, programs, devices, or services have begun to operate or are in the process of starting up. The sense is typically passive or intransitive, focusing on the state of becoming active rather than on who initiates it. For example, "Programmid käivituvad pärast arvuti käivitamist" means that programs start up after the computer boots, and "Süsteem käivituvad teenused" can be used to describe services that begin to run as part of a system startup.

Alternative forms related to the same verb include käivitub (he/she/it starts up), käivitan (I start up), and käivitamine (startup, initialization), reflecting the verb’s broader morphology and related nouns. The term käivituvad is neutral and technical in tone, making it common in manuals, technical documentation, and formal descriptions of systems and processes. Its precise interpretation depends on the subject and the surrounding context, but it generally conveys that activation or initiation is taking place.