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bootstrap Definition


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bootstrap
noun
    1. A short program used to boot up a computer by transferring the disk-operating system's program from storage on disk into a computer's working memory.
verb
    1. To boot up (a computer) by activating the bootstrap program.
Idiom: pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
    To get on by one's own efforts.


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