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bootsector

bootsector is the alternative form 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.

Forms of bootsector

pluralbootsectors

Questions about bootsector

What is bootsector the alternative form of?
Bootsector is the alternative form of boot sector.

Words near bootsector in the dictionary

  1. bootscaning
  2. bootscanning
  3. bootscans
  4. bootscraper
  5. bootscrapers
  6. bootsector
  7. bootsectors
  8. bootses
  9. bootsful
  10. bootsole
  11. bootsoles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bootsector (page history and authors); boot sector (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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