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bootstrap
1. <operating system> (From "to pull oneself up by one's
bootstraps") To load and initialise the operating system on
a computer. Normally abbreviated to "boot".
See bootstrap loader.
2. <compiler> (From "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps")
to use a compiler to compile itself.
The usual process is to write an interpreter for a language,
L, in an existing language, M. The compiler is then written
in L and the interpreter is used to run it. This produces an
executable for compiling programs in L from the source of
the compiler in L.
This technique is often used to verify the correctness of a
compiler. It was first used in the LISP community.
See also my favourite toy language.
(27 November 1995)
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boot block « boot disk « BOOTP « bootstrap » bootstrap loader » boot virus » Border Gateway Protocol
This article was derived from the Free Online Dictionary of Computers and is available under ther terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
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