Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments, for a fast boot system. An example embodiment operates by determining that one or more programs have been loaded into memory on a boot-up of a device. A snapshot of the memory including the loaded one or more programs is captured. Operations of the device are monitored after the snapshot has been captured. It is determined that a first program of the one or more programs was updated during the monitoring. A restart of the device is detected, wherein the snapshot is loaded into the memory in lieu of loading the one or more programs, and wherein the first program is updated during the restart of the device.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for making it convenient to alter the syntax of the command-line interface, or re-write it from scratch, without resorting to the alteration of source code. This reduces the level of skill required to make these changes, and also reduces the time and effort required. In particular, the present application provides for a method and system for defining an interface syntax using the high-level generic markup language XML (eXtensible Markup Language). Since XML is a simple language it is easier and less time-consuming to edit an existing syntax or write a new one from scratch. Initially, a CLI specification is defined in XML. Subsequently, the XML CLI is translated into source code as part of a compilation process. When compiled, the translated source code can initialize data structures to be read by a parser (whose code is fixed) to thereby implement the syntax defined initially in XML.