Bootstrapping

As an allusion to lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps, the term ''bootstrapping'' means using a special process to perform a task that one would be unable to do in general. In particular, it is used in the following contexts:

Bootstrapping (computing) , starting a computer or building complex tools after building simple tools that allow for the creation of the more complex tools. Shortened to Booting to describe the process of starting up a computer.

--- Bootstrapping (compilers) , writing a compiler for a computer language using the language itself.

Bootstrapping (linguistics) , a theory of language acquisition.

Bootstrapping (physics) , axiomatic sets.

Bootstrapping (statistics) , a method of calculating errors using only the data at hand as a distribution.

Bootstrapping (law) , a rule preventing hearsay in conspiracy cases.

Bootstrapping (electronics) , a form of positive feedback in analog circuit design.

Bootstrapping (business) , to start a business without external help (capital).

Bootstrapping (finance) , the method to create the spot rate curve.

Bootstrapping (corporate Finance) , when a financial sponsor gains control of a majority of a target company's equity through the use of borrowed money or debt.

Bootstrapping (science Fiction) , giving advanced technology to a race less technologically advanced than one's own.

Operation Bootstrap ("Operación Manos a la Obra") is the name given to the ambitious projects which industrialized Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century.

William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner , a character in the '' Pirates Of The Caribbean '' film series.

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