Definition: Active Partition


The partition of the drive that contains the operating system. If the drive has multiple partitions, only the primary partition can be made active. A hard drive can have only one active partition.




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BIOS

Abbreviated for Basic Input Output System. A chip within the PC on the mother board that offers basic input and output services to all attached devices.

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