"boot sector" meaning in English

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          "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
          "word": "啟動磁區"
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          "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
          "word": "启动磁区"
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          "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
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          "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
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          "word": "Bootsektor"
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          "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
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      "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
      "word": "啟動磁區"
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      "sense": "segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot",
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