bootstrap
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbuːtˌstɹæp/
bootstrap (plural bootstraps)
- A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
- A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
- He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.
- (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory
- (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
- (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.
- French: languette, tirant
- German: Stiefelriemen, Schuhriemen, Stiefelschlaufe, Stiefelstrippe
- Italian: linguetta, tirante
- Russian: у́шко
- Spanish: lengüeta
- French: tremplin
- German: Hilfsmittel, Selbsthilfe, eigene Kraft, Eigendynamik
- Italian: trampolino
- French: amorçage
- German: Startprogramm, Hochfahren, Startroutine, Urlader, Ladeprogramm, Lader
- Italian: avvio
- Portuguese: arranque
- Russian: загру́зка
- Spanish: arranque
- Italian: caricamento
bootstrap (bootstraps, present participle bootstrapping; past and past participle bootstrapped)
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
- Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.
- (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
- Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.
- (statistics) To employ a bootstrap method.
- To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
- French: se débrouiller
- German: sich selbst helfen, auf sich selbst gestellt sein, selbstständig sein, alleine zurechtkommen
- Spanish: arreglárselas, arreglárselas solo
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