bootstrapping

Bootstrapping or Bootstrap may refer to:
Bootstrapping (business), to start a business without external help/capital
Bootstrapping (computing), the process of a simple system activating a more complicated system that serves the same purpose
Bootstrapping (compilers), writing a compiler for a computer language using the language itself
Bootstrapping (electronics), a form of positive feedback in analog circuit design.
Bootstrapping (finance), the method to create the spot rate curve.
Bootstrapping (law), a rule preventing hearsay in conspiracy cases.
Bootstrapping (linguistics), a theory of language acquisition.
Bootstrapping (statistics), a resampling technique used to obtain estimates of summary statistics.
Bootstrap model, in physics, using very general consistency criteria to determine the form of a quantum theory from some assumptions on the spectrum of particles
Operation Bootstrap ("Operación Manos a la Obra"), ambitious projects which industrialized Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century
Boostrap transaction or leveraged buyout, gaining control of a majority of a target company's equity through the use of borrowed money or debt

thanks tou Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping