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Bootstrapping
Bootstrapping or booting refers to a group of metaphors which refer to a self-sustaining process that proceeds without external help. The phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States, to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton. Dr. Douglas Engelbart used the term centrally in his work from 1970 to 2010, referring to the process used by lumberjacks to hoist themselves up trees using a strap wrapped around the tree. He founded an institute "The Bootstrap Alliance", focused on "getting better at getting better" embodying the notion of the Bootstrap Circuit, taking in feedback from the output and feeding it back in to improve.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bootstrapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bootstrapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of bootstrapping in a Sentence
I think QAnon in Japan is bootstrapping itself on a bunch of pre-existing, far-right extreme movements that already existed in Japan.
Tor, Lantern, all the VPNs, anything that's masking who you are or where you're going — Telegram — everything, downloads are increasing dramatically, and it's a bootstrapping thing, so the people that are on Telegram, they're using that to swap notes about what else you should download.
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- ArranqueSpanish
- amorçageFrench
- bootstrappingPortuguese
- bootstrappingSwedish
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