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- verb Present participle of
bootstrap .
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Examples
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I always work in bootstrapping mode, addressing the first big issue, solving the problem, then advancing to the next one.
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This kind of recursive bootstrapping is how science evolves.
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Thanks to Sarah Lai Stirland, Evan Hansen and Michael Calore at Wired for their help in bootstrapping this.
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I have been interested in bootstrapping society for a long, long time, and I’ve never been able to find a decent book on practical chemistry from scratch.
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The big three can still be relevant, mind you; I suspect Asimov’s was essential in bootstrapping Charles Stross into being the decade’s pre-eminent SF writer when it published the short stories that would eventually become the Hugo-nominated novel Accelerando.
Marketing the Big Three, Part 2 Lou Anders 2007
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The big three can still be relevant, mind you; I suspect Asimov’s was essential in bootstrapping Charles Stross into being the decade’s pre-eminent SF writer when it published the short stories that would eventually become the Hugo-nominated novel Accelerando.
Archive 2007-11-01 Lou Anders 2007
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It aims to teach three dozen students "to create their own jobs in Canada," often by "bootstrapping" - starting a business mostly with one's own cash flow, without receiving much outside capital.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JAMES BRADSHAW 2011
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It does not, for example, imply that you're "bootstrapping" the startup — that you're never going to take money from investors.
Ramen Profitable 2009
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But you can't artificially bolster the numbers of men truly called to it by "bootstrapping" it to what is really a separate vocation the diocesan priesthood.
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The angel route can be easier for gathering together the initial funding you need but don't forget the term "bootstrapping".
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