In contrast to "turtles all the way down", an expression of the problem of infinite regress, the "bottom turtle" is the foundation upon which everything else is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
by turtle_zero September 25, 2020
Fictional location in Paw Patrol series where its main antagonist - Mayor Humdinger - appears to live.
by just_j August 10, 2021
by scum of the community November 23, 2017
I'm about to rock my fresh pair of Star Bottoms
by TRELLJ213 February 26, 2019
A lazy power bottom; a gay man who provides the momentum for homosexual intercourse but is too tired or lazy to finish the task at hand (or anus).
by CountPezofFlorida August 04, 2015
A prostitute.
by D e a t h April 07, 2020
The way that Deuce Bigalow was saying show me your tits without saying show me your tits to the fish tank girl.
by Solid Mantis May 20, 2021