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boot blocks

boot blocks is the plural of boot block.

Meaning of boot block

Noun

boot block (plural boot blocks)

  1. A dedicated block usually at the beginning (first block 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 sector

Questions about boot blocks

What is boot blocks the plural of?
Boot blocks is the plural of boot block.

Words near boot blocks in the dictionary

  1. boosts
  2. boosy
  3. boot
  4. boot and rally
  5. boot block
  6. boot blocks
  7. boot board
  8. boot boards
  9. boot boy
  10. boot boys
  11. boot camp

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