ALL meanings of bootstrap
boot·strap
B b - verb bootstrap If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources. 3
- verb bootstrap If one thing isbootstrapped to another, it is attached to or associated with it. 3
- noun bootstrap a leather or fabric loop on the back or side of a boot for pulling it on 3
- noun bootstrap self-acting or self-sufficient, as an electronic amplifier that uses its output voltage to bias its input 3
- noun bootstrap 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 3
- noun bootstrap (as modifier) 3
- noun bootstrap 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 3
- verb bootstrap to set up or achieve (something) using minimal resources 3
- verb bootstrap to attach (something) to a larger or more important thing 3
- noun bootstrap a strap on a boot for pulling it on 3
- adjective bootstrap undertaken or effected without others' help 3
- verb transitive bootstrap to cause (esp. oneself) to succeed without the help of others 3
- verb transitive bootstrap boot1 (sense 14) 3
- adjective bootstrap A bootstrap deal is an offer to purchase a controlling share in a company. 3
- verb bootstrap If a business bootstraps itself, or an activity, it achieves success with limited resources. 3
- noun Definition of bootstrap in Technology (operating system, compiler) To load and initialise the operating system on a computer. Normally abbreviated to "boot". From the curious expression "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", one of the legendary feats of Baron von Munchhausen. The bootstrap loader is the program that runs on the computer before any (normal) program can run. Derived terms include reboot, cold boot, warm boot, soft boot and hard boot. The term also applies to the use of a compiler to compile itself. The usual process is to write an interpreter for a language, L, in some other existing language. The compiler is then written in L and the interpreter is used to run it. This produces an executable for compiling programs in L from the source of the compiler in L. This technique is often used to verify the correctness of a compiler. It was first used in the LISP community. See also My Favourite Toy Language. 1
- noun bootstrap a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on. 1
- noun bootstrap a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something: He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters. 1
- adjective bootstrap relying entirely on one's efforts and resources: The business was a bootstrap operation for the first ten years. 1
- adjective bootstrap self-generating or self-sustaining: a bootstrap process. 1
- verb with object bootstrap Computers. boot1 (defs 24, 28). 1
- verb with object bootstrap to help (oneself) without the aid of others: She spent years bootstrapping herself through college. 1
- idioms bootstrap pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to help oneself without the aid of others; use one's resources: I admire him for pulling himself up by his own bootstraps. 1
- noun bootstrap strap for pulling on a boot 1
- noun bootstrap means of advance 1
- transitive verb bootstrap cause to advance 1
- noun bootstrap A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on. 0
- noun bootstrap A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid. 0
- noun bootstrap (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory. 0
- noun bootstrap (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program. 0
- noun bootstrap (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. 0
- verb bootstrap To help (oneself) without the aid of others. 0
- verb bootstrap (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot. 0
- verb bootstrap (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program. 0