Bootstrap
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:15 pts9 letters
Definition of Bootstrap
Noun
- 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."
- The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
- The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
- Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
Verb
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
"Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college."
- To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of a system or program.
- To build or put together (something) by first building or putting together the tools, building blocks, ideas, etc., necessary to build (the thing).
- To employ a bootstrap method.
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