Multiboot specificationThe Multiboot specification is an open standard describing how a boot loader can load an x86 operating system kernel. The specification allows any compliant boot-loader implementation to boot any compliant operating-system kernel. Thus, it allows different operating systems and boot loaders to work together and interoperate, without the need for operating system–specific boot loaders. As a result, it also allows easier coexistence of different operating systems on a single computer, which is also known as multi-booting.
Cylindre/Tête/Secteurvignette|Schéma de principe des éléments d'un disque dur L'adressage en CHS (abréviation de Cylinder/Head/Sector en anglais soit « Cylindre/Tête/Secteur » en français ; l'abréviation CTS est rarement employée) est un moyen historique d'adresser les secteurs de données stockés sur une disquette ou un disque dur, ce moyen n'est par contre jamais employé avec les CD-ROM. Cette adresse permet de désigner d'une façon unique un secteur de données d'un disque dur. Il s'agit de la plus petite unité de données transférée par ce dernier en lecture ou en écriture.
Self-relocationIn computer programming, a self-relocating program is a program that relocates its own address-dependent instructions and data when run, and is therefore capable of being loaded into memory at any address. In many cases, self-relocating code is also a form of self-modifying code. Self-relocation is similar to the relocation process employed by the linker-loader when a program is copied from external storage into main memory; the difference is that it is the loaded program itself rather than the loader in the operating system or shell that performs the relocation.
Partition typeThe partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the the partition contains or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions (e.g. special CHS mappings, LBA access, logical mapped geometries, special driver access, hidden partitions, secured or encrypted file systems, etc.). Lists of assigned partition types to be used in the partition table in the MBR were originally maintained by IBM and Microsoft internally.