computingto use the output of one piece of software as input to another, so that the results of the first process help to improve the results of the next one, and so on
Synonyms and related words
To use or program a computer
access
archive
back up
2
businessto build up a business from nothing, with very little money put in from outside
He bootstrapped his way to extremewealth, starting as a teenager in the UK.
Synonyms and related words
Starting up in business
bootstrap
go into
set up
bootstrap
verb intransitive/transitive
US /ˈbutˌstræp/
Other entries for this word
bootstrap programnoun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
bootstrap
he/she/it
bootstraps
present participle
bootstrapping
past tense
bootstrapped
past participle
bootstrapped
DEFINITIONS2
1
computingto use the output of one piece of software as input to another, so that the results of the first process help to improve the results of the next one, and so on
Synonyms and related words
To use or program a computer
access
archive
author
2
businessto build up a business from nothing, with very little money put in from outside
He bootstrapped his way to extremewealth, starting as a teenager in the UK.