plural of bootstrap

simple past tense and past participle of bootstrap

Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement. / (computing) A process that performs bootstrapping. / (statistics) One who uses bootstrap methods.

plural of bootstrapper

plural of bootsplash

(computing) A splash screen displayed at bootup.

plural of bootstrap paradox

A time travel paradox in which the consequences of an event in the future travel back in time and cause an event in the past or present, which in turn is among the causes of the first event, forming a causal loop in which each event is caused by the other.

plural of bootstripe

(nautical) A stripe of paint or tape between the topsides and bottom of a vessel.