alça de bota / autoinicialização
1. A loop of leather or cloth sewn onto the side or back of a boot to help in pulling it on
He grabbed the bootstrap to pull on his cowboy boots.
Ele agarrou a alça da bota para colocá-la.
2. A technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a smaller program
The system uses a bootstrap loader to initialize the operating system.
O sistema usa um carregador de inicialização para carregar o sistema operacional.
3. To start something using one's own resources without external help; to succeed through one's own efforts
She bootstrapped her startup from her garage with minimal investment.
Ela iniciou sua startup a partir de sua garagem com investimento mínimo.
NYC Slang
pulling yourself up by your bootstraps (self-reliance, hard work)
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