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Hm. I know a different one.
02/26/2015, 18:16:00

    Ramillies writes:

    We actually talk about bootstrapping (for lazy people, booting). It is said that on some boots, there is a "helper" device called a bootstrap to help your foot get inside. And the process of booting the OS looked like a similar thing. [ I can't say anything for nor against that. The term is surely older than me and I'm not an English native either. ]

    But who knows now ...





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