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
- Informal to cause (esp. oneself) to succeed without the help of others
- Comput. boot ()
lift oneself by the (or one's own) bootstraps
or raise oneself by the (or one's own) bootstrapsto 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.
Browse dictionary entries near bootstrap
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