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Each time one of the early computer was switched on, it had to load the operating system into memory from storage, and the bootstrap was a very simple instruction that told the computer where and how to start. I was told that the name came from the old saying "You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps". (One of the earliest attempts at anti-gravity, possibly?  )
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