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boot sectors

boot sectors is the plural of boot sector.

Meaning of boot sector

Noun

boot sector (plural boot sectors)

  1. 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.

Questions about boot sectors

What is boot sectors the plural of?
Boot sectors is the plural of boot sector.

Words near boot sectors in the dictionary

  1. boot room
  2. boot rooms
  3. boot sale
  4. boot sales
  5. boot sector
  6. boot sectors
  7. boot storm
  8. boot storms
  9. boot time
  10. boot times
  11. boot tree

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