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boot disk

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Definitions of boot disk words

  • noun Technical meaning of boot disk (operating system)   The magnetic disk (usually a hard disk) from which an operating system kernel is loaded (or "bootstrapped"). This second phase in system start-up is performed by a simple bootstrap loader program held in ROM, possibly configured by data stored in some form of writable non-volatile storage. Some operating systems, notably SunOS and Solaris, can be configured to boot from a network rather than from disk. Such a system can thus run as a diskless workstation. 1
  • noun boot disk (computing) A computer disk holding a bootstrap loader and an operating system. 0
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