Bootstrapping In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to continue or grow without external input. Many analytical techniques are often called bootstrap methods in reference to their self-starting or self-supporting ...

is a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. Bootstrapping, bootstrap, or bootstraps may also refer to: *

Bootstrap (front-end framework) Bootstrap (formerly Twitter Bootstrap) is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains HTML, CSS and (optionally) JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, bu ...

, a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications * Bootstrap curriculum, a curriculum which uses computer programming to teach algebra to students age 12–16 * Bootstrap funding in entrepreneurship and startups * Bootstrap model, a class of theories in quantum physics *

Conformal bootstrap The conformal bootstrap is a non-perturbative mathematical method to constrain and solve Conformal field theory, conformal field theories, i.e. models of particle physics or statistical physics that exhibit similar properties at different levels of ...

, a mathematical method to constrain and solve models in particle physics *

Bootstrapping (compilers) In computer science, bootstrapping is the technique for producing a Self-hosting (compilers), self-compiling compiler – that is, a compiler (or assembly language#Assembler, assembler) written in the source programming language that it intends to ...

, the process of writing a compiler in the programming language it is intended to compile * Bootstrapping (electronics), a type of circuit that employs positive feedback *

Bootstrapping (finance) In finance, bootstrapping is a method for constructing a ( zero-coupon) fixed-income yield curve from the prices of a set of coupon-bearing products, e.g. bonds and swaps. A ''bootstrapped curve'', correspondingly, is one where the prices of the ...

, a method for constructing a yield curve from the prices of coupon-bearing products * Bootstrapping (law), a former rule of evidence in U.S. federal conspiracy trials *

Bootstrapping (linguistics) Bootstrapping is a term used in language acquisition in the field of linguistics. It refers to the idea that humans are born innately equipped with a mental faculty that forms the basis of language. It is this language faculty that allows children ...

, a term used in language acquisition *

Bootstrapping (statistics) Bootstrapping is a procedure for estimating the distribution of an estimator by resampling (often with replacement) one's data or a model estimated from the data. Bootstrapping assigns measures of accuracy ( bias, variance, confidence interval ...

, a method for assigning measures of accuracy to sample estimates *

Bootstrap aggregating Bootstrap aggregating, also called bagging (from bootstrap aggregating) or bootstrapping, is a machine learning (ML) ensemble meta-algorithm designed to improve the stability and accuracy of ML classification and regression algorithms. It also ...

, a method used to improve the stability and accuracy of machine learning algorithms * Bootstraps, the stage name of American singer and songwriter Jordan Beckett * '' Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color''

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