English
Etymology
boot + sector
Noun
en-noun|sg=boot sector
- computing A dedicated sector usually at the beginning (first sector on first track) of a storage medium that holds special data used to start a system. Some systems use a boot block of several physical sectors, while some use only one boot sector. Other manufacturers use the terms boot block and boot sector interchangeably.
See also
block
sector
MBR
Synonyms
boot block
Translations
trans-top|segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot
Finnish: käynnistyssektori
ru:boot sector
vi:boot sector
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