Bootstrap

Quick meaning: Bootstrap is a noun meaning A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

Meaning

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
2. (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
3. (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
4. To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
5. (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
6. (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of a system or program.
7. (statistics) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.

Example Sentences

Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.

He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.

Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.

And she finds the plan. She doesn't remember it; she bootstraps it from first principles, in a handful of minutes, just like she's done a hundred times before.

Word Forms

• bootstraps
• bootstrapping
• bootstrapped

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boot, startup, start, method, bootable, lifters.

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