Bootstrapped Algorithm
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A Bootstrapped Algorithm is a self-starting algorithm that proceeds with minimal external input data.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bootstrapping Retrieved:2016-10-27.
- In general parlance, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. In computer technology the term (usually shortened to booting) usually refers to the process of loading the basic software into the memory of a computer after power-on or general reset, especially the operating system which will then take care of loading other software as needed.
The term appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States (particularly in the phrase "pull oneself over a fence by one's bootstraps"), to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton. [1]
- In general parlance, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. In computer technology the term (usually shortened to booting) usually refers to the process of loading the basic software into the memory of a computer after power-on or general reset, especially the operating system which will then take care of loading other software as needed.
- ↑ World Wide Words: Boot, Michael Quinion