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Meaning of boot sector | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Bootsektor
Français boot sector secteur d’amorçage secteur de boot
Русский загрузочный сектор

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

boot storm boot time boot tree boot verb boot-black boot-boy

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