bootstraps in English

noun

1

a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.

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 that enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device.

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.

we see the creative act as a bootstrap process

verb

1

get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources.

the company is bootstrapping itself out of a marred financial past

Use "bootstraps" in a sentence

1. The term "Bootstrapping" comes from the iconic expression "to pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps."

2. "Bootstrapping" comes from the term "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps." That much you can get from Wikipedia.

3. Yes, there will always be people who pulled themselves up by their own proverbial bootstraps, but Bootstrappers still need timing and luck

4. MLK: A Bootless Man Cannot Lift Himself By His Bootstraps This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots

5. The term ‘Bootstrapping,’ due to Efron (1979), is an allusion to the expression ‘pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps’ – in this case, using the sample data as