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Boot Strapping
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last edited by 192.168.1.15 on Apr 12, 2008 12:10 am

Originally referred to "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps".

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/boot.html *Historical note: this term derives from bootstrap loader, a short program that was read in from cards or paper tape, or toggled in from the front panel switches.*

Now typically refers to starting an activity with relatively few resources, and having a mechanism to build momentum. Similar to (but different from, or may use) .

important strategy for

also book by [Thierry Bardini] ISBN:0804737231 about

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