Dr. Martens black docs with bootstraps

The origin of the computer term “boot” as in “my computer is taking a frustratingly long time to “boot” is sometimes attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe’s story “The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, where the main character pulls himself (and his horse) out of a swamp by his hair (specifically, his pigtail). The term “boot” is actually a shortened version of the process called “bootstrapping”, from the old saying “pulling oneself up by the boot straps…which incidentally is impossible.

So what exactly is going on when your computer “boots”? First, your computer hardware turns on and tests it’s self to make sure all the hardware is on and working correctly (AKA POST – Power On Self Test) , then some basic instructions from the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) are loaded into a hardware component called RAM. These instructions tell the hardware what to do next like turning on the monitor and looking for the operating system (O.S.)! The O.S. is the world we live in (so to speak) predominantly most computers run a Microsoft operating system such as windows 8, 7, vista, and xp.  So generally the computer starts, tests itself and loads your operating system, where the multitude of programs we use await us excitedly. Essentially the computer is pulling it’s self up by “the bootstraps”.
Check out widipedia for more detailed information about computer booting:
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping