The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The act or process of starting a process or machine.
A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.