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boot block
boot blockn. An area of a disk having information for loading the operating system that is needed to start a computer.boot block
boot block (operating system)A program at some fixed location on a hard disk, floppy disk or other media, which is loaded when thecomputer is turned on or rebooted and which controls the nextphase of loading the actual operating system. The loadingand execution of the boot block is usually controlled byfirmware in ROM or PROM. |