BOOT DISK

  

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BOOT DISK

Specialty Definition: BOOT DISK

DomainDefinition

Computing

Boot disk 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. MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows can be configured (in the BIOS) to try to boot off either floppy disk or hard disk, in either order. By default they first check for the presence of a floppy disk in the drive at start-up and try to use that as a boot disk if present. If no disk is in the drive they then try to boot off the hard disk. 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. (1997-06-09). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Boot disk

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A boot disk is a removable media, normally read-only, that can boot an operating system.

Boot disks normally store any temporary files in a RAM disk, to prevent changes in the fixed media of the computer where the Boot disk is used.

Boot disks are used for:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Boot disk."

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Crosswords: BOOT DISK

Specialty definitions using "BOOT DISK": boot virusdongle-diskFDISK. (references)

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Commercial Usage: BOOT DISK

DomainTitle

Books

  • Boot Disk Management: A Guide for the Solaris Operating Environment (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOOT DISK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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2,094

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59

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418

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56

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414

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56

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300

nt boot disk

54

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287

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52

window 2000 boot disk

249

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48

win98 boot disk

216

cd rom boot disk

47

dos boot disk

209

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46

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197

win 2000 boot disk

44

window 95 boot disk

166

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40

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155

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38

window me boot disk

148

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35

win 98 boot disk

132

win 95 boot disk

33

ntfs boot disk

121

dreamcast boot disk

33

98 boot disk

107

play station boot disk

31

98 boot disk download window

92

window nt boot disk

30

network boot disk

79

boot disk download window

29

linux boot disk

76

anti boot disk virus

28

boot disk make

62

95 boot disk download window

26

boot disk failure

60

window 98 se boot disk

25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BOOT DISK

Language Translations for "BOOT DISK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

schlüsseldiskette. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ootbay iskday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BOOT DISK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-i-k-o-o-s-t"

-2 letters: oboist, ootids, skidoo.

-3 letters: books, boost, boots, doits, kobos, kotos, obits, odist, ootid, stood, stook.

-4 letters: bids, bios, bisk, bits, bods, book, boos, boot, bosk, bots, dibs, disk, dits, doit, dost, dots, kids, kist, kits, kobo, kobs, kois, koto, obis, obit, oots, skid, skit, sook, soot, stob, tods, took.

-5 letters: bid, bio, bis, bit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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