boot sector

boot sector
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.

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  • boot sector — first sector on a disk which the computer refers to at startup …   English contemporary dictionary

  • boot sector virus —    A virus that infects the master boot record of a computer by overwriting the original boot code with infected boot code. This kind of virus is usually spread to a hard disk from an infected floppy disk being used as a boot disk.    See also… …   Dictionary of networking

  • boot sector — ● ►en loc. m. ►SYSTM►DISQUE Premier secteur d un disque sur lequel se trouve le bootstrap, petit programme exécutable permettant de lancer un programme plus gros (en général le SE). Syn. MBR. On peut utiliser la version française secteur de… …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

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  • boot block — noun 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 …   Wiktionary

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  • boot virus — noun (computing) A computer virus in the sector of a floppy disk used in booting up • • • Main Entry: ↑boot …   Useful english dictionary

  • Boot-Sektor — Der Master Boot Record (kurz: MBR) ist bei BIOS basierten Computern der x86 Architektur der erste Datenblock (512 Byte) eines in Partitionen aufgeteilten Speichermediums, wie beispielsweise einer Festplatte. Der MBR enthält eine Partitionstabelle …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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