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<p>In general, <b>bootstrapping</b> usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to continue or grow without external input. Many analytical techniques are often called bootstrap methods in reference to their self-starting or self-supporting implementation, such as bootstrapping <a href="page.php?w=bootstrapping_%28statistics%29">in statistics</a>, <a href="page.php?w=bootstrapping_%28finance%29">in finance</a>, or <a href="page.php?w=bootstrapping_%28linguistics%29">in linguistics</a>.</p>

<p><big> Etymology </big></p>
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