bootblock

English

noun

Definitions

(computing) A block of storage on disk that holds the code for booting the operating system.

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 block English
boot boy English
boot loader English
boot sector English
bootability English
bootable English
bootblack 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