restarcie

Restarcie is a Polish noun meaning the act or process of restarting a device, program, or system. It is borrowed from the English verb restart and is used primarily in information technology and computing contexts. In more formal Polish, the preferred term is ponowne uruchomienie.

In computing, a restart is performed to recover from errors, apply updates, or reinitialize hardware and software states. Restarts can be soft, where the operating system restarts without a full power cycle, or hard, involving a complete reboot of the hardware. Remote or scheduled restarts are common in system maintenance and automated workflows.

In IT practice, restarting services can resolve issues without rebooting the entire machine. For example, administrators may issue a restart of a web server or database service using appropriate commands, such as systemctl restart on Linux or Restart-Service on Windows. The concept also applies to consumer electronics, mobile devices, and embedded systems.

Etymology and usage notes: The term rests on the English word restart; its Polish form is most often written with the -ie ending as restarcie in inflected cases. While widely understood in IT contexts, ponowne uruchomienie remains the standard general expression.