BOOTSTRAPPED

12 letters 19 Scrabble points

Definition of BOOTSTRAPPED

verb

  1. To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

    "Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college."

  2. To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

  3. 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"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B O O T S T R A P P E D
Length 12 letters
Scrabble Score 19 points