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Definition of Bootstrap

1. Verb. Help oneself, often through improvised means.

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

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

bootloaders bootloads bootmaker bootmakers bootmaking bootneck bootnecks bootprint bootprints boots

boots and all boots on the ground boots up bootsplash bootsplashes bootstrap (current term) bootstrap current bootstrap paradox bootstrap paradoxes bootstrapped

bootstrapper bootstrappers bootstrapping bootstraps bootstripe bootstripes boottoppings boottree boottrees

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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