BOOTSTRAPPING

13 letters 20 Scrabble points

Definition of BOOTSTRAPPING

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"

noun

  1. The process by which something is bootstrapped.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B O O T S T R A P P I N G
Length 13 letters
Scrabble Score 20 points