bootstrap

bootstrap Definition

boot·strap (bo̵̅o̅t′strap′)

noun

a strap on a boot for pulling it on

adjective

undertaken or effected without others' help a bootstrap operation

transitive verb -·strapped′, -·strap′·ping

bootstrap Idioms

lift oneself by the (or one's own) bootstraps

or raise oneself by the (or one's own) bootstraps

to achieve success by one's own unaided efforts

bootstrap Telecom Definition

A leather strap looped and sewn on the side or back of a boot to assist the wearer in pulling it on.
Self-reliant and self-sustaining, i.e., not needing anyone else's help. Such a person is capable of "pulling himself up by his own bootstraps," as the saying goes. I've been a bootstrapper all my life, but I have had a helping hand now and then, and always appreciated it. I occasionally need help getting my boots off. I use a bootjack for that.

bootstrap Usage Examples

Preposition: from

donation: Often membership organizations bootstrap from donations, although often membership orgs don't pay their own way.

Adjective modifier

own: The finite scheme of things, to use a homely phrase, is thus actually lifting itself by its own bootstraps.

Modifies a noun

loader: Some implementations may use null to represent the bootstrap class loader.
script: The./bootstrap file which this creates itself runs starconf, so that each time you run the bootstrap script, you run starconf also.
class: Some implementations may use null to represent the bootstrap class loader.
method: The RISK is the lack of a Plan B - any bootstrap method of recovery from such a failed upgrade.
function: Every XS module will have a bootstrap function which is used to hook the XSUBs into Perl.
code: Copying from VBR to MBR will not work where the bootstrap code takes up more than 395 bytes of space.

Noun used with modifier

membership: Often membership organizations bootstrap from donations, although often membership orgs don't pay their own way.
organization: Often membership organizations bootstrap from donations, although often membership orgs don't pay their own way.

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