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boot block

noun

Etymology

From boot + block.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵ-✻
  2. derived from *blukką✻
  3. derived from *blokk✻
  4. derived from *blok✻
  5. derived from blok
  6. derived from bloc
  7. inherited from blok
  8. compounded as boot block — “boot + block”

Definitions

  1. A dedicated block usually at the beginning (first block on first track) of a storage…

    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 manufacturers use the terms boot block and boot sector interchangeably.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boot block. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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