A self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. The entrepreneur relied on bootstrapping to fund his startup, using his own savings and resources.
A statistical method that involves resampling with replacement to estimate the distribution of a statistic. The researcher used bootstrapping to assess the reliability of the sample mean in her study.
(Computing) The process of starting a computer system by loading the initial program, which in turn loads the operating system. Bootstrapping occurs every time the machine is powered on and the firmware loads the operating system.