boot sector
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) 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.
Etymology
Compound from English boot (profit, remedy) + English sector.
Origin
English
sector
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoboot English
- boot English
- boot block English
- boot boy English
- boot loader English
- bootability English
- bootable English
- bootblack English
- bootblock English
- bootboy English
- booter English
- booteth English
- bootful English
- bootheel English
- boothook English
- boothose English
- bootikin English
- bootjack English
- bootlace English
- bootleg English
- bootlick English
- bootlicker English
- bootlike English
- bootload English
- bootmaker English
- bootmaking English
- bootneck English
- bootprint English
- bootscan English
- bootscraper English
- bootsole English
- bootspace English
- bootsplash English
- bootstep English
- bootstrap English
- bootstring English
- bootstripe English
- boottopping English
- boottree English
- dipsector English
- dual-boot English
- fieldboot English
- gumboot English
- intersector English
- multiboot English
- multisector English
- netboot English
- overboot English
- preboot English
- rainboot English
- reboot English
- seaboot English
- sector English
- sectoral English
- sectorectomy English
- sectored English
- sectoring English
- sectorise English
- sectorization English
- sectorize English
- snowboot English
- subsector English
- supersector English
- topboot English
- unboot English
- workboot English
- sector Latin
- Bootsektor German
- booten German
- szektor Hungarian
- bootare Italian
- botte French
- boote Middle English
- بوط Arabic
- boto Esperanto
- बूट Hindi
- bŵt Welsh
- బూటు Telugu
- buti Swahili
- sekta Swahili
- बूट Marathi
- ibhuti Xhosa
- sekta Tok Pisin
- boots Jamaican Creole
- boot
- reboot
- booter
- sector
- unboot
- netboot
- topboot
- bootleg
- gumboot
- booteth
- seaboot
- bootboy
- preboot
- bootful
- bootheel
- bootlike
- bootjack
- boottree
- workboot
- boothose
- bootscan
- bootload
- bootikin
- boothook
- sectored
- bootstep
- bootsole
- boot boy
- rainboot
- bootlick
- overboot
- bootlace
- autoboot
- bootable
- sectoral
- bootneck
- snowboot
- bootstrap
- bootblock
- dual-boot
- dipsector
- bootmaker
- sectorise
- bootspace
- fieldboot
- sectorize
- sectoring
- subsector
- bootprint
- bootblack
- multiboot
- bootstring
- bootmaking
- boot block
- bootlicker
- bootsplash
- bootstripe
- boot loader
- bootscraper
- intersector
- multisector
- boottopping
- supersector
- bootability
- sectorectomy
- sectorization