Bootstrapped

verb

1. To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

   "Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college."

2. To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
3. 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.http//www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6"

4. To employ a bootstrap method.
5. To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.