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== Definition ==
 
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The term '''bootstrap''' refers to a technique or [[device]] designed to bring about a desired state by means of its own action.
 
The term '''bootstrap''' refers to a technique or [[device]] designed to bring about a desired state by means of its own action.

Revision as of 23:42, 10 October 2019

Definition

General

The term bootstrap refers to a technique or device designed to bring about a desired state by means of its own action.

Software

Bootstrap is

[a] short computer program that is permanently resident or easily loaded into a computer and whose execution brings a larger program, such an operating system or its loader, into memory.[1].

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