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Bootstrap vs Cache - What's the difference?

bootstrap | cache |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • ''He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters.
  • (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.
  • Derived terms

    * pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (bootstrapp)
  • To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
  • ''Sam spent years bootstrapping himself through college.
  • (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.
  • 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)
  • A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • 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.
  • (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.
  • References

    * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

    Verb

    (cach)
  • 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