BOOTSTRAPPED
19
Scrabble
22
WWF
B(3) O(1) O(1) T(1) S(1) T(1) R(1) A(1) P(3) P(3) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
verb
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.“Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.”
- To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- 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.http//www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6”
- To employ a bootstrap method.
- To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
