Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boot sector

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: boot -sec-tor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From boot + sector.

Inflected Forms

boot sectors (plural) bootsector (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

block MBR sector

Synonyms

boot block bootblock

Questions

What does boot sector mean?: 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.
Where does boot sector come from?: From boot + sector.

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