A brief, sharp sound: the click of a door latch. 2. A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position. 3. Computers. a. An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a mouse or other input device.
4.3. Booting from the network is only required in certain cases. Booting from the network is very usefull when you have unsupported I/O devices, diskless systems, or systems with broken hardware. Network booting is detailed below.
In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. In computer technology the term usually refers to the process of loading the basic software into the memory of a computer after power-on or general reset, especially the operating system which will then take care of loading other software as needed. The term appears to have originated in the early 19th-century United States to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton.