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English
Etymology
From boot + sector.
Noun
boot sector (plural boot sectors)
- (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.
Synonyms
Translations
segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 啟動磁區／启动磁区 (qǐdòng cíqū)
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- Finnish: käynnistyssektori
- French: secteur d’amorçage m
- German: Bootsektor m
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- Russian: загрузочный сектор (ru) m (zagruzočnyj sektor)
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