bootstrap

Etymology
From. The sense "pull up (without aid)" comes from the phrase.

Noun

 * 1) A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
 * 2)  A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
 * 3)   The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
 * 4)  The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
 * 5)  Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
 * 1)  Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: poutko
 * Dutch: laarzentrekker, laarzenstrop
 * Estonian: alglaadimine
 * Faroese: stivlastroppur
 * Finnish: saapasraksi
 * French: ,
 * German: Stiefelriemen,, Stiefelschlaufe, Stiefelstrippe
 * Icelandic: stígvélahanki
 * Italian: ,
 * Romanian: limbă de ghete
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: çizme bağı


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , eigene Kraft,
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: praŝargo, startigo
 * Finnish: käynnistyslatain, esilatausohjelma
 * French:
 * German: Startprogramm, Hochfahren, Startroutine, Urlader, Ladeprogramm,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: ræsiforrit
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: bootstrap (butstrap)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Esperanto: malvolvo
 * Finnish: perustyökalujen kääntäminen,
 * Italian:


 * Finnish: bootstrap-menetelmä

Verb

 * 1) To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
 * Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.
 * 1)  To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
 * 2)  To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
 * Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.
 * 1)  To employ a bootstrap method.
 * 2) To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
 * 1) To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.

Translations

 * Czech: poradit si
 * Dutch: zelfredzaam zijn, zichzelf (be)helpen
 * Estonian: alglaadima
 * French:
 * German: sich selbst helfen, auf sich selbst gestellt sein, selbstständig sein, alleine zurechtkommen
 * Italian: cavarsela da solo
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: arreglárselas, arreglárselas solo
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 自舉
 * Icelandic: sjálfþýða


 * Bulgarian: зареждам (Is this for "start up" or "kick"?)
 * French:, ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: (slang comp)