English-Finnish translations for bootstrap

A loop sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on
The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory
Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution
To help without the aid of others
To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to ''boot''
To employ a bootstrap method

He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.
Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.
Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6]

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