English Explanatory Dictionary

boot sector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

boot sector boot sectors bootsector

Etymology

From boot + sector.

Synonyms

boot block bootblock

Related words

block MBR sector
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