Bootstrapping 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), a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications *

Bootstrap curriculum Bootstrap is based at Brown University (USA), and builds on the research and development done there. Bootstrap curriculum consists of 4 research-based curricular computer science modules for grades 6-12. The 4 modules are Bootstrap:Algebra, Bootst ...

, a curriculum which uses computer programming to teach algebra to students age 12–16 * Bootstrap funding 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, a mathematical method to constrain and solve models in particle physics *

Bootstrapping (compilers) In computer science, bootstrapping is the technique for producing a self-compiling compiler – that is, a compiler (or assembler) written in the source programming language that it intends to compile. An initial core version of the compiler (the ...

, 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) Bootstrapping is a term used in language acquisition in the field of linguistics. It refers to the idea that humans are born innately equipped with a mental faculty that forms the basis of language. It is this language faculty that allows children ...

, a term used in language acquisition *

Bootstrapping (statistics) Bootstrapping is any test or metric that uses random sampling with replacement (e.g. mimicking the sampling process), and falls under the broader class of resampling methods. Bootstrapping assigns measures of accuracy (bias, variance, confidenc ...

, a method for assigning measures of accuracy to sample estimates * Bootstrap aggregating, 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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