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To: Sdgla who wrote (1199388)	2/7/2020 11:55:01 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576894

FYI, In my first job as an Engineering at the Naval Underwater Systems Center I used a bootstrap every time I got a 30min allocation of computer time. AOC, science, engineering, technology imbecile. The first tape was the bootstrap program. It was the bios. boot·strap /'bo?ot?strap/ noun noun: bootstrap; plural noun: bootstraps 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. 3.the technique of starting with existing resources to create something more complex and effective. "we see the creative act as a bootstrap process" verb verb: bootstrap; 3rd person present: bootstraps; past tense: bootstrapped; past participle: bootstrapped; gerund or present participle: bootstrapping 1. get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources. "the company is bootstrapping itself out of a marred financial past" start up (an Internet-based business or other enterprise) with minimal financial resources. 2. Computing fuller form of boot1 (sense 2 of the verb).