Bootstrap vs Cache - What's the difference?
bootstrap | cache |
A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory
(computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
(statistics) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
(computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot .
(computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
To place in a cache.
(Marijuana smoking) For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking
As verbs the difference between bootstrap and cache
is that bootstrap is to help (oneself) without the aid of others while cache is .As a noun bootstrap
is a loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.As an adjective cache is
hidden.bootstrap
English
(wikipedia bootstrap)Noun
(en noun)- ''He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.
Derived terms
* pull oneself up by one's bootstrapsSee also
*Verb
(bootstrapp)- ''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]
cache
English
Noun
(en noun)- Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches''' to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food '''cache''' to food '''cache on their return journey.