ec2-3-16-156-96.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com | ToothyWiki | RecentChanges | Login | Webcomic Quite frequently, one has the problem that a process cannot start until after some of its results have been produced. One such problem is that of hauling oneself up by one's bootstraps; all such problems are therefore referred to as bootstrap problems. Also the process by which one solves such problems.