boot sector

English - Turkish

Definition of boot sector in English Turkish dictionary

açılış kesimi

(Bilgisayar) önyükleme sektörü

(Bilgisayar) önyükleme kesimi

English - English

Definition of boot sector in English English dictionary

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

first sector on a disk which the computer refers to at startup

Hyphenation

boot sec·tor

Turkish pronunciation

but sektır

Synonyms

boot block

Pronunciation

/ˈbo͞ot ˈsektər/ /ˈbuːt ˈsɛktɜr/

Etymology

[ 'büt ] (noun.) before 12th century. boot + sector