bootstrap
IPA: bˈutstræp
noun
- A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
- (figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
- (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.
verb
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
- (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.
- (statistics) To employ a bootstrap method.
- To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
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Examples of "bootstrap" in Sentences
- Kermit can be used as a bootstrap.
- Gaussian process regression bootstrap.
- Bootstrapping on the adaptive landscape.
- Of course, bootstrap tests are not exact.
- Continues to attempt to bootstrap notability.
- Bootstrapping is then done with a C compiler.
- But either a bootstrap or overestimation is possible.
- This is not enough to bootstrap notability for this business.
- For ordinary programs, the assembler produced the bootstrap code.
- This is analogous to the bootstrapping and compatibility of a COLA.
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