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SECTOR SOFTWARE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

Soft sector, meaning that the disk needs to be formatted to identify space for keeping track of file storage locations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

En un disco o disquete es un sector que está establecido electrónicamente o por medio de una operación de la programática y cuyo tamaño no necesariamente es igual al tamaño del sector físico.

Key term(s)
  • sector por software
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