Crossword clues for bootstrap
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also boot-strap, tab or loop at the back of the top of a men's boot, which the wearer hooked a finger through to pull the boots on, 1870, from boot (n.) + strap (n.).\n
\nCirca 1900, to pull (oneself) up by (one's) bootstraps was used figuratively of an impossible task (Among the "practical questions" at the end of chapter one of Steele's "Popular Physics" schoolbook (1888) is, "30. Why can not a man lift himself by pulling up on his boot-straps?"). By 1916 its meaning expanded to include "better oneself by rigorous, unaided effort." The meaning "fixed sequence of instructions to load the operating system of a computer" (1953) is from the notion of the first-loaded program pulling itself, and the rest, up by the bootstrap.
Wiktionary
n. 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 (context computing English) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory 4 (context computing English) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program. 5 (context statistics English) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution. vb. 1 To help (oneself) without the aid of others. 2 (context computing English) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to ''boot''. 3 (context computing English) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
WordNet
n. a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
v. help oneself, often through improvised means
Wikipedia
Bootstrap is a free and open-source front-end web framework for designing websites and web applications. It contains HTML- and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions. Unlike many web frameworks, it concerns itself with front-end development only.
Bootstrap is the second most-starred project on GitHub, with over 95 thousand stars and more than 40 thousand forks.
Usage examples of "bootstrap".
Emma, working within the Bootstrap corporation, saw no harm in that, nothing but positive PR, and tax-efficient besides.
Flying Mountain Society is in any way affiliated with or funded by Bootstrap Inc.
She understood that the shadow could only be a watching Bootstrap machine.
And there were no NASA logos: just the Bootstrap insignia, and a boldly displayed Stars and Stripes.
It has become clear that the authorities, far from granting the approvals Bootstrap is seeking, were in fact moving to close down the operation completely.
Maura was grimly amused to see that Bootstrap had been major investors in both these projects.
He allowed himself to sound irritated at the maze of conflicting legislation Bootstrap had had to tiptoe through, and he launched into a rehearsed speech about his manned space program to come: how he had four astronaut candidates already in training, chosen to be representative of the U.
He threw himself into Bootstrap affairs, but it was obvious he was trying to distract himself: angry, vigorous, frustrated, burning up nervous energy.
And as dawn approached people were rising, stirring and scratching themselves, making breakfast, some climbing on top of their cars to see what was going on at the Bootstrap compound.
She looked inside one of the pockets and found a small softbook and music player with headset, a sleeping mask, and earplugs, all marked with Bootstrap logos.
Occasionally a cop or FBI officer picked up, as a break from impounding Bootstrap files and property.
It was a technology that would be worth uncounted billions to Bootstrap, in some unlikely future in which he made it back home and stayed out of jail.
MMU backpack, evidently built to mil spec, was considerably more advanced than Bootstrap hardware.
All government business relating to Bootstrap and the Blue children was now conducted by handwritten note: one copy only, to be destroyed by the recipient after use.
Blues, with you, since Malenfant pushed me away in the Mojave to go fly his spaceship, and Bootstrap was broken up, and Malenfant died in space.