Bootstrapping In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to continue or grow without external input. Etymology Tall boots may have a tab, loop or handle at the top known as a bootstrap, allowing one to use fingers ...

is a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. Bootstrapping, bootstrap, or bootstraps may also refer to: *

Bootstrap (front-end framework) Bootstrap is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains HTML The HyperText Markup Language or HTML is the standard markup language for documents designed to be di ...

, a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications * Bootstrap curriculum, a curriculum which uses computer programming to teach algebra to students age 12–16 *

Bootstrap funding Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

in entrepreneurship and startups *

Bootstrap model The term "bootstrap model" is used for a class of theories that use very general consistency criteria to determine the form of a quantum theory from some assumptions on the spectrum of particles. It is a form of S-matrix theory. Overview In the 1 ...

, a class of theories in quantum physics *

Conformal bootstrap The conformal bootstrap is a non-perturbative mathematical method to constrain and solve Conformal field theory, conformal field theories, i.e. models of particle physics or statistical physics that exhibit similar properties at different levels of ...

, a mathematical method to constrain and solve models in particle physics * Bootstrapping (compilers), the process of writing a compiler in the programming language it is intended to compile *

Bootstrapping (electronics) In the field of electronics, a technique where part of the output of a system is used at startup can be described as bootstrapping. A bootstrap circuit is one where part of the output of an amplifier stage is applied to the input, so as to alte ...

, a type of circuit that employs positive feedback *

Bootstrapping (finance) In finance, bootstrapping is a method for constructing a ( zero-coupon) fixed-income yield curve from the prices of a set of coupon-bearing products, e.g. bonds and swaps. A ''bootstrapped curve'', correspondingly, is one where the prices of the ...

, a method for constructing a yield curve from the prices of coupon-bearing products *

Bootstrapping (law) The bootstrapping rule in the rules of evidence dealt with admissibility as non-hearsay of statements of conspiracy in United States federal courts. The rule, in a criminal prosecution for conspiracy, was that the court, in deciding whether to all ...

, a former rule of evidence in U.S. federal conspiracy trials * Bootstrapping (linguistics), a term used in language acquisition * Bootstrapping (statistics), a method for assigning measures of accuracy to sample estimates *

Bootstrap aggregating Bootstrap aggregating, also called bagging (from bootstrap aggregating), is a machine learning ensemble meta-algorithm designed to improve the stability and accuracy of machine learning algorithms used in statistical classification and regressi ...

, a method used to improve the stability and accuracy of machine learning algorithms * Bootstraps, the stage name of American singer and songwriter Jordan Beckett * '' Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color''

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