bootstrap

Vocabulary Word

Definition

'Bootstrap' often means starting or running a business using your own money and without much outside help. It’s like starting a restaurant with your own savings instead of getting loans or investors.

Examples in Different Contexts

In social projects, bootstrapping refers to initiating change using limited resources. An activist might declare, 'Our community group bootstrapped the tree plantation drive with just 20 volunteers.'

Practice Scenarios

Public-Policy

Scenario:

To transform this neighborhood, we require a sustainable development plan, not just short-term relief efforts.

Response:

Right, instead of temporary fixes, we must bootstrap this community to build long-term resilience.

Tech

Scenario:

The server is continually restarting. To fix this issue, we may need to initiate the bootloader once again.

Response:

Yes, the server has gone into a reset loop. We need to halt the automatic restarts and manually bootstrap the system.