BOOTSTRAPPING
Scrabble letter values: B3O1O1T1S1T1R1A1P3P3I1N1G2 = 20
Definition
BOOTSTRAPPING is the present participle of BOOTSTRAP.
verb BOOTSTRAP: help oneself, often through improvised means.
Examples
- “Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.”
- “Bootstrapping means building the GNU C Library, GNU Compiler Collection and several other key system programs.http//www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6”