Bootstrapping

Word BOOTSTRAPPING
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Definitions and meanings of "Bootstrapping"

What do we mean by bootstrapping?

To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

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 the system or program.

To employ a bootstrap method.

To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.

The action of lifting yourself out of poverty through sheer skill and force of will. It is about as plausible as the name suggests. Urban Dictionary

(v.) to cause a system (usually a computer system) to build itself; to build something complex by giving a simple instruction. From the concept of "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps." Urban Dictionary

(n.) An article of clothing which, when yanked upon, will yield a rising of socioeconomic status and an appreciation of one's accomplishments. Often worn with spats, top hat, and monocle. Urban Dictionary

An establishment which one reluctantly visits after a long indecisive search for a pub/club/restaurant/cafe. Selected not for its superiority to previously considered establishments, but as a last resort. The term bootstrap originated in the UK. When searching for a place to each lunch, many eventually choose to eat a Boots £3.29 meal deal because they have given up searching for alternative that can be agreed upon. A highly available outlet in conjunction with rising hunger levels eventuate in people being caught in a 'boots trap'. Unfulfilled and disappointed, one wishes they picked the cafe they had encountered half an hour ago. Although its' use traditionally refers to establishments, its' use has often been used to refer to other last resort acquisitions that are subjectively less pleasing than previously rejected (and now unavailable) alternatives. (e.g. buying a car, hooking up at a bar/party). Urban Dictionary

When 2 girls lie on their stomachs while you insert one foot into each vagina and you pull on their hair while you attempt to walk with your feet still inside them. Urban Dictionary

When a male - after having sex with a woman - ejaculates on the sole of his shoe then slaps her in the face with it. Also known as a bootstrap bill Urban Dictionary

A big, fast, monster who beats people up Urban Dictionary

A small gun that you keep in your boot and use to commit armed robbery thus elevating your economic status in society. Urban Dictionary

A derogatory word for Italian douchebags. The term "Bootstrap" originates from the Italian peninsula's resemblance of a boot. Urban Dictionary

Diving technique that involves a front flip mimed as if you were flipping yourself by pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. Urban Dictionary

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The word "bootstrapping" in example sentences

I always work in bootstrapping mode, addressing the first big issue, solving the problem, then advancing to the next one. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This kind of recursive bootstrapping is how science evolves. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thanks to Sarah Lai Stirland, Evan Hansen and Michael Calore at Wired for their help in bootstrapping this. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have been interested in bootstrapping society for a long, long time, and I’ve never been able to find a decent book on practical chemistry from scratch. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The big three can still be relevant, mind you; I suspect Asimov’s was essential in bootstrapping Charles Stross into being the decade’s pre-eminent SF writer when it published the short stories that would eventually become the Hugo-nominated novel Accelerando. ❋ Lou Anders (2007)

It aims to teach three dozen students "to create their own jobs in Canada," often by "bootstrapping" - starting a business mostly with one's own cash flow, without receiving much outside capital. ❋ JAMES BRADSHAW (2011)

It does not, for example, imply that you're "bootstrapping" the startup — that you're never going to take money from investors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But you can't artificially bolster the numbers of men truly called to it by "bootstrapping" it to what is really a separate vocation the diocesan priesthood. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The angel route can be easier for gathering together the initial funding you need but don't forget the term "bootstrapping". ❋ Unknown (2008)

A good review of the law concerning this "bootstrapping" technique is on pages 5 and 6 of the NBC brief. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A complex society of client species and their sponsors was the galactic norm, until us: Rumor had it that humans evolved our smarts on our own---"bootstrapping," they called it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This "bootstrapping" idea means that the time we gain from the first age therapies might help us live to benefit from second-generation therapies, second-generation therapies bootstrap us to the third generation, etc. ❋ Unknown (2005)

These tools are now much more affordable in homes and small businesses and emerging countries where they're kind of bootstrapping themselves, using technology as a way to advance their productivity and we've been a big part of that. ❋ Unknown (2004)

This would supply the money MITS needed to buy the parts to send to people ordering the kits (one common way those days of "bootstrapping" a small electronics business). ❋ Unknown (1991)

(The Altair needed these "bootstrapping" instructions to be entered by hand each time the computer was turned on). ❋ Unknown (1991)

BTW, I’m not the only one who believes in bootstrapping. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It’s called bootstrapping, and judges do not like it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

By addressing Haiti's serious energy imbalance and by "bootstrapping" the public health, education, and rural enterprise systems with a robust communication infrastructure, the path to reversing the breakdown of the environment-in particular, Haiti's massive deforestation-will lead to far greater long-term recovery for the country overall. ❋ Unknown (2010)

More billionaires [exist] now than ever before. If we all started [bootstrapping], every American could become a [billionaire]! ❋ Sitbear (2021)

That virus crashed ([def]. 6) my [Solaris] box (def. 8), so I had to bootstrap it from [the CD]. ❋ Heikediguoren (2006)

"Why don't you [go get a job], you bum? Why, after [graduating] from [Harvard] I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and, by God, got to where I am today!" ❋ Jazzy McR (2007)

a. We ended up in a right bootstrap last night. b. Why? There are so many good bars around [that part] of town. a. [Yeah I know].. but we couldn't agree [on one], and we had been walking around for ages. ❋ Yelnaaah (2015)

Me and [the ladies] are going [bootstrapping] tonight! [Oh boy]! ❋ Billy Lurker (2017)

I gave [Tina] a bootstrap last night and it left [a funny] [mark] on her face. ❋ Norris1234 (2007)

[bootstrap] [devoured] the city. [Bootstrap] then banged [megan fox]. ❋ Bootsy69 (2010)

[Let's get this money] [foo], you [got] your bootstrap? ❋ Skatchface (2017)

Those god [damned] Bootstraps won't [stop talking] about their [meatballs]. ❋ Your Local Memer (2017)

"EL: [Bootstrapping]? Is that a real thing? [RG]: Oh definitely. [Look it up] on Urban Dictionary." ❋ FakeSteveJobs (2010)

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