master boot

ˈmæstər buːt

Definition of master boot - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

Dated

first sector of a computer's hard drive

Dated

The master boot is corrupted, causing the system to fail.

boot sector

Verbal expression

technology

Dated

control the boot process of a computer system

Dated

He learned how to master boot his old PC.

manage

oversee

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master boot record

first part of a storage device that starts the computer system

The virus infected the master boot record of the hard drive.

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MBR

acr.

acr: master boot record

part of a computer's startup process

Examples of master boot in a sentence

He replaced the master boot to fix the issue.
She managed to master boot the server remotely.
The technician can master boot the system in minutes.

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French:secteur de démarrage principal, contrôler le démarrage, ...
German:Startsektor, den Bootvorgang steuern, ...
Italian:settore di avvio principale, gestire l'avvio, ...
Spanish:sector de arranque maestro, controlar el arranque, ...
Portuguese:setor de arranque, controlar a inicialização, ...
Chinese:主引导记录, 管理, ...
Japanese:マスターブート, 起動を制御する, ...
Arabic:قِطاع الإقلاع الرئيسي, تحكَّمَ في إقلاع, ...
Hebrew:מִגְזָר אִתחוּל רָאשִׁי, לִשְׁלוֹט בְּאִתְחוּל, ...
Russian:главная загрузочная запись, управлять загрузкой, ...
Ukrainian:завантажувальний сектор, контролювати, ...
Hindi:मास्टर बूट, मास्टर बूट करना, ...
Bengali:মাস্টার বুট, বুট নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা, ...
Catalan:sector d'arrencada principal, controlar l'arrencada, ...
Czech:zaváděcí sektor, řídit spouštění systému, ...
Danish:MBR, kontrollere opstart, ...
Dutch:master boot, opstarten, ...
Greek:κύριος τομέας εκκίνησης, ελέγχω την εκκίνηση, ...
Hungarian:rendszerbetöltő szektor, a rendszerindítási folyamatot irányítani, ...
Khmer:ផ្នែកចាប់ផ្ដើមមេ, គ្រប់គ្រងដំណើរការចាប់ផ្ដើមរបស់ប្រព័ន្ធកុំព្យូទ័រ, ...
Korean:마스터 부트, 마스터 부팅하다, ...
Persian:بوت اصلی, فرآیند بوت را کنترل کرد, ...
Polish:główny sektor rozruchowy, kontrolować rozruch, ...
Portuguese (BR):setor de inicialização, dominar a inicialização, ...
Romanian:sector de boot principal, a controla pornirea, ...
Swedish:startsektor, kontrollera startprocessen, ...
Thai:เซกเตอร์บูตหลัก, ควบคุมการบูต, ...
Turkish:ana önyükleme, başlatmayı kontrol etmek, ...
Vietnamese:phân vùng khởi động, kiểm soát khởi động, ...

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