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Bootstrap

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Noun

1. bootstrap

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

Verb

2. bootstrap

help oneself, often through improvised means

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bootstrap

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noun
1. 
a leather or fabric loop on the back or side of a boot for pulling it on
2.  by one's bootstraps
3. (modifier)
self-acting or self-sufficient, as an electronic amplifier that uses its output voltage to bias its input
4. 
a. Also: boot
a technique for loading the first few program instructions into a computer main store to enable the rest of the program to be introduced from an input device
b. 
(as modifier)
a bootstrap loader
5. business
an offer to purchase a controlling interest in a company, esp with the intention of purchasing the remainder of the equity at a lower price
verb -straps, -strapping or -strapped (transitive)
6. 
to set up or achieve (something) using minimal resources
7. (foll by to)
to attach (something) to a larger or more important thing

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Bootstrap

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noun
1. 
a strap on a boot for pulling it on
adjective
2. 
undertaken or effected without others' help
a bootstrap operation
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbootˌstrapped or ˈbootˌstrapping
3.  Informal
to cause (esp. oneself) to succeed without the help of others
4.  Computing
boot1 (sense 14)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bootstrap

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n.
1. 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.
2. An instance of starting of a computer; a boot.
3. Statistics A method of estimating a population's characteristics (such as its mean) by repeatedly subsampling from a given initial sample, thereby avoiding the use of theoretical probability distributions.
tr.v. boot·strapped, boot·strap·ping, boot·straps
1. 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).
2. Statistics To gather information about a population from a single sample, using repeated samples drawn with replacement.
3. Computers To boot (a computer).
adj.
1. Undertaken or accomplished with minimal outside help.
2. Being or relating to a process that is self-initiating or self-sustaining.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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