boot sector

English

Etymology

From boot +‎ sector.

Noun

boot sector (plural boot sectors)

1. (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.

Alternative forms

• bootsector

Synonyms

• boot block, bootblock

Translations

segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot

Chinese: Mandarin: 啟動磁區 / 启动磁区 (qǐdòng cíqū) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: käynnistyssektori French: secteur d’amorçage m, boot sector m, secteur de boot m German: Bootsektor m Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Russian: загрузочный сектор (ru) m (zagruzočnyj sektor) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can

See also

• block
• MBR
• sector