English Dictionary

bootstrap

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbuːtˌstɹæp/

動詞

To help (oneself) without the aid of others. / (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

日本語の意味

他者の助けを借りずに自力で行動すること / （コンピュータの場合）オペレーティングシステムをメモリ上にロードすること、つまりシステム起動すること

When funding dried up, the founder decided to bootstrap the company from her savings.

資金が尽きると、創業者は外部からの援助を頼らずに自分の貯金で会社を立ち上げることに決めた。

意味（1）

To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.

意味（2）

(computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

意味（3）

(computing) 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

意味（4）

(statistics) To employ a bootstrap method.

意味（5）

To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.

Gradually, more and more terms were discovered, especially as there was a tendency in the literature to list a number of related terms together, thus allowing me to bootstrap new terms found accompanying those originally searched for.

bootstraps （ present singular third-person ）

bootstrapping （ participle present ）

bootstrapped （ participle past ）

bootstrapped （ past ）