BOOTSTRAP


Meaning of BOOTSTRAP in English

n. 1 a loop at the back of a boot used to pull it on. 2 Computing a technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions which enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device. pull oneself up by one's bootstraps better oneself by one's own efforts.

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