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master boot record

special type of boot sector at the very beginning of partitioned computer mass storage devices
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master boot record

Summary

master boot record ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,706 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • master boot record is a type of boot sector[2].
  • master boot record's Commons category is recorded as Master Boot Record[3].
  • master boot record comprises MBR partition table[4].
  • master boot record's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/Drive.bt[5].
  • master boot record's facet of is recorded as operating system[6].
  • master boot record's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/mbr[7].
  • master boot record's different from is recorded as Master Boot Record partitioning scheme[8].
  • master boot record's different from is recorded as Volume boot record[9].

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Definition and Type

master boot record is a type of boot sector[2].

Use and Application

master boot record comprises MBR partition table[4].

Why It Matters

master boot record ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,706 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Master Boot Record partitioning scheme operating system

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Maxime2024 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Master Boot Record partitioning scheme, Volume boot record
    Has parts → —
    Facet of → operating system
    Has part(s) → MBR partition table
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/Drive.bt"
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