bootstrapping Synonyms
Another word for bootstrapping
• noun (Context 1)
The practice of founding and growing a business using only personal finances or the operating revenue of the new company, without relying on external venture capital or outside investment.
"Through careful self-funding, the founders retained full ownership of their software company until it became profitable."
• noun (Context 2)
A self-starting process in computing in which a simple initial program loads and executes a more complex system, such as an operating system or compiler.
"The system administrator diagnosed an error during the booting phase that prevented the server from loading its kernel."
• verb (Context 3)
To initialize or load a computer system or compiler using a small, self-sustaining sequence of initial instructions (present participle of bootstrap).
"The engineers spent the afternoon booting the new compiler onto the target hardware."