boot sector

English

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

• boot block

Translations

segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot

• Finnish: käynnistyssektori
• French: secteur d’amorçage m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Bootsektor m
• Russian: загрузочный сектор (ru) m (zagruzočnyj sektor)

See also

• block
• sector
• MBR