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Definition of Bootstrap
1. Noun. A strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on.
2. Verb. Help oneself, often through improvised means.
Definition of Bootstrap
1. Noun. A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on. ¹
2. Noun. A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory ¹
4. Noun. (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program. ¹
5. Noun. (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. ¹
6. Verb. To help (oneself) without the aid of others. ¹
7. Verb. (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to ''boot''. ¹
8. Verb. (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bootstrap
1. [v -STRAPPED, -STRAPPING, -STRAPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bootstrap
Literary usage of Bootstrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation by Upton Sinclair (1918)
"There are Yogi bootstrap-lifters with flowing robes of yellow silk; Theosophist
bootstrap-lifters with green and purple auras; Mormon bootstrap-lifters, ..."
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