boot block
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) 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.
Etymology
Compound from English boot (profit, remedy) + English block (block of flats, n).
Origin
English
block
Gloss
block of flats, n
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoblock English
- autoboot English
- backblock English
- block English
- block length English
- blockable English
- blockade English
- blockage English
- blockboard English
- blockbuster English
- blockbusting English
- blockchain English
- blockee English
- blocker English
- blockface English
- blockfield English
- blockfront English
- blockful English
- blockhead English
- blockheaded English
- blockhole English
- blockhouse English
- blockish English
- blocklayer English
- blocklaying English
- blocklike English
- blocklist English
- blocklong English
- blockmaker English
- blockmaking English
- blockquote English
- blockscape English
- blockship English
- blocksize English
- blockstone English
- blockwide English
- blockwise English
- blockwork English
- blockworthy English
- blocky English
- boot English
- boot boy English
- boot loader English
- boot sector 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
- breechblock English
- cellblock English
- cinderblock English
- cockblock English
- cryoblock English
- deblock English
- diblock English
- docblock English
- dual-boot English
- fieldboot English
- flatblock English
- geo-block English
- gumboot English
- haploblock English
- headblock English
- hemiblock English
- houseblock English
- iceblock English
- interblock English
- jawblock English
- macroblock English
- megablock English
- metalloblock English
- microblock English
- midblock English
- multiblock English
- multiboot English
- nanoblock English
- netblock English
- netboot English
- overboot English
- pentablock English
- permablock English
- preblock English
- preboot English
- pseudoblock English
- pushblock English
- rainboot English
- reblock English
- reboot English
- roadblock English
- seaboot English
- seroblock English
- sigblock English
- snowboot English
- spamblock English
- stereoblock English
- stopblock English
- stumblingblock English
- subblock English
- sunblock English
- superblock English
- tailblock English
- textblock English
- topboot English
- triblock English
- unblock English
- unboot English
- woodblock English
- workboot English
- booten German
- bootare Italian
- bloc French
- botte French
- block Spanish, Castilian
- ブロック Japanese
- blok Middle English
- boote Middle English
- bloc Irish
- blokovat Czech
- بوط Arabic
- boto Esperanto
- बूट Hindi
- bŵt Welsh
- బూటు Telugu
- block Manx
- ဘလောက် Burmese
- block Middle Low German
- buti Swahili
- 블록 Korean
- बूट Marathi
- ibhuti Xhosa
- boots Jamaican Creole
- boot
- block
- booter
- reboot
- blocky
- unboot
- bootleg
- bootboy
- bootful
- blocker
- netboot
- blockee
- diblock
- booteth
- deblock
- reblock
- preboot
- topboot
- gumboot
- seaboot
- unblock
- jawblock
- blockish
- bootstep
- triblock
- preblock
- boot boy
- bootlace
- bootable
- workboot
- boothose
- bootikin
- blockful
- boothook
- sunblock
- netblock
- bootlick
- overboot
- blockade
- docblock
- iceblock
- bootlike
- blockage
- bootscan
- bootload
- bootsole
- bootneck
- subblock
- bootheel
- bootjack
- midblock
- boottree
- sigblock
- rainboot
- autoboot
- snowboot
- tailblock
- blockface
- megablock
- cellblock
- blockwide
- spamblock
- textblock
- autoblock
- multiboot
- bootstrap
- blocksize
- backblock
- blockship
- pushblock
- woodblock
- bootspace
- fieldboot
- headblock
- roadblock
- blocklist
- cryoblock
- bootblock
- dual-boot
- bootmaker
- blockwise
- flatblock
- blockwork
- geo-block
- nanoblock
- bootprint
- cockblock
- blocklike
- stopblock
- blockhead
- blocklong
- hemiblock
- seroblock
- blockable
- blockhole
- bootblack
- bootstring
- blockquote
- blockfield
- bootlicker
- houseblock
- macroblock
- blockboard
- multiblock
- blockstone
- blockscape
- microblock
- pentablock
- blocklayer
- permablock
- blockmaker
- interblock
- bootmaking
- bootsplash
- bootstripe
- blockfront
- blockhouse
- superblock
- haploblock
- blockchain
- blockmaking
- blockworthy
- bootability
- blockbuster
- stereoblock
- boot loader
- bootscraper
- boot sector
- blockheaded
- cinderblock
- boottopping
- pseudoblock
- blocklaying
- breechblock
- blockbusting
- block length
- metalloblock
- stumblingblock