Word: Bootstrap
Noun
Definitions:
1. A loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.
Example sentences: "He pulled two small daggers from his bootstraps and shrugged."
2. 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.
Example sentences: "We first used the model to estimate slippage rates and the bootstrap from statistics to compute confidence intervals."
3. The technique of starting with existing resources to create something more complex and effective.
Example sentences: "We see the creative act as a bootstrap process"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources.
2. Fuller form of boot (sense 2 of the verb)
Derivations:
bootstrapping
bootstrapped
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