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How to pronounce bootstrap in English?

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Type Words
Type of strap
Type Words
Type of aid, assist, help

Examples of bootstrap

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Shown is a bootstrap consensus tree inferred using the Maximum Parsimony method.
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Bias in the bootstrap distribution will lead to bias in the confidence-interval.
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The only path forward is gradually to bootstrap fleets and recharging networks.
From the businessweek.com
Bootstrap values were calculated from 1,000 replicates and marked in each note.
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A node that would like to join the net must first go through a bootstrap process.
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The term bootstrap derives from the idiom to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
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Another strategy we might consider I've seen work is bootstrap off of Craigslist.
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Backstitch is currently in bootstrap mode and available as a free beta service.
From the techcrunch.com
Cliff and his team wanted to bootstrap his operation to build a business first.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • A strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
  • Help oneself, often through improvised means
  • In statistics, bootstrapping is a modern, computer-intensive, general purpose approach to statistical inference, falling within a broader class of resampling methods.
  • Bootstrapping or booting refers to a group of metaphors that share a common meaning: a self-sustaining process that proceeds without external help. ...
  • (Bootstrapping (business)) Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which is a French word meaning "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". ...
  • (Bootstrapping (computing)) In computing, bootstrapping (from an old expression "") is a technique by which a simple computer program activates a more complicated system of programs. ...
  • (Bootstrapping (corporate finance)) A leveraged buyout (or LBO, or highly-leveraged transaction (HLT), or "bootstrap" transaction) occurs when an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company's equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price ...
  • (Bootstrapping (electronics)) The term bootstrap has a number of meanings in electronics.
  • A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on; A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid; The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory; The process necessary to compile the ...