boot sector

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 啟動磁區
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: käynnistyssektori
 * French: secteur d’amorçage
 * German: Bootsektor
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