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Record 1 2020-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A two-byte data structure written at the end of the boot sector after the bootstrap code.

OBS

Used by the bootstrap loader to determine that the end of boot sector has been reached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
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