Master boot record
SPECIAL TYPE OF BOOT SECTOR AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF PARTITIONED COMPUTER MASS STORAGE DEVICES
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A master boot record (MBR) is a special type of boot sector at the very beginning of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond. The concept of MBRs was publicly introduced in 1983 with PC DOS 2.