MBR
Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000723
A special type of boot sector at the very beginning of a partitioned computer storage device. It holds the boot loader for the operating system and defines the disk's partitions. The MBR is 512 bytes in size and contains a partition table for up to four primary partitions.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CMP-000723 |
|---|---|
| Field | Computing and IT |
| Subject | Software |
Record as JSON
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