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Bootstrap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A loop of leather, cloth, or synthetic material that is sewn at the side or the top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

n. An instance of starting of a computer; a boot.

v. To promote and develop by use of one's own initiative and work without reliance on outside help: "We've bootstrapped our way back with aggressive tourism and recruiting high tech industries” ( John Corrigan).

v. Computer Science To boot (a computer).

adj. Undertaken or accomplished with minimal outside help.

adj. Being or relating to a process that is self-initiating or self-sustaining.

idiom. by (one's) (own) bootstraps By one's own efforts.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.

n. The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory

n. The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

n. Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.

v. To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

v. To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

v. To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. help oneself, often through improvised means

n. a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on

Word Usage

"In the late sixties, Jerry and a pair of protégés, Henry Kravis and George Roberts, began pursuing what they called bootstrap investments—what later became famously known as leveraged buyouts."

Verb Form

bootstrapped bootstrapping bootstraps

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

help assist aid strap

Form

pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

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