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Boot sector

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000126

A dedicated section on a hard disk drive or other storage device that contains machine code to initiate the operating system loading process. When a computer starts, the BIOS or UEFI firmware reads this sector into memory and executes its instructions. This code typically loads a boot loader program.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000126
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000126",
  "term": "Boot sector",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A dedicated section on a hard disk drive or other storage device that contains machine code to initiate the operating system loading process. When a computer starts, the BIOS or UEFI firmware reads this sector into memory and executes its instructions. This code typically loads a boot loader program.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/boot-sector/"
}

Record 141 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.