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• Bootstrap (statistiques) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bootstrap. En Statistiques, les techniques de bootstrap sont des méthodes d Inférence statistique modernes, datant de la fin des années 70, et requérant des calculs informatiques intensifs. L objectif est de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• bootstrap — [bo͞ot′strap΄] n. a strap on a boot for pulling it on adj. undertaken or effected without others help [a bootstrap operation] vt. bootstrapped, bootstrapping 1. Informal to cause (esp. oneself) to succeed without the help of others 2. Comput.… …   English World dictionary

• bootstrap — I. noun Date: 1875 1. a looped strap sewed at the side or the rear top of a boot to help in pulling it on 2. plural unaided efforts often used in the phrase by one s own bootstraps II. adjective Date: 1926 1. designed to function independently of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bootstrap — boot•strap [[t]ˈbutˌstræp[/t]] n. adj. v. strapped, strap•ping 1) clo a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on 2) cvb relying entirely on one s efforts and resources: a… …   From formal English to slang

• bootstrap — noun 1》 a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on. 2》 Computing the action of booting a computer. verb Computing fuller form of boot1 (in sense 3). Phrases pull oneself up by one s bootstraps improve one s position by one s own efforts …   English new terms dictionary

• bootstrap — n. 1 a loop at the back of a boot used to pull it on. 2 Computing a technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions which enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device. Phrases and… …   Useful english dictionary

• bootstrap — /ˈbutstræp / (say boohtstrap) noun 1. a loop sewn on the side of a boot to assist in pulling it on. 2. Computers a program or procedure by which a computer can be made to translate progressively more complex programs. –phrase 3. pull oneself up… …  

• Bootstrap paradox — The bootstrap paradox is a paradox of time travel in which information or objects can exist without having been created. After information or an object is sent back in time, it is recovered in the present and becomes the very object/information… …   Wikipedia

• Bootstrap Bill Turner — Pirates of the Caribbean character name = William Turner Sr. caption = Bootstrap Bill in type = Supporting Character gender = Male hair color = Light Brown eye color = Blue occupation = The Flying Dutchman crew member, formerly crew member of the …   Wikipedia

• Bootstrap model — In physics, the term bootstrap model is used for a class of theories that use very general consistency criteria to determine the form of a quantum theory from some assumptions on the spectrum of particles.In the 1960s and 70s, the ever growing… …   Wikipedia

• bootstrap — /booht strap /, n., adj., v., bootstrapped, bootstrapping. n. 1. a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on. 2. a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something: He… …   Universalium