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* '''Partition table''': A structure describing logical volumes on a single disk | * '''Partition table''': A structure describing logical volumes on a single disk | ||
** '''Disklabel''' An old ([[FreeBSD|BSDish]]) name for a partition table | ** '''Disklabel''' An old ([[FreeBSD|BSDish]]) name for a partition table | ||
* '''Superblock''' A filesystem's metadata, usually occupying the first few sectors | |||
** Sometimes backed up, sometimes multiple times. | |||
* '''Label''' A string of up to 16 bytes associated with a filesystem | * '''Label''' A string of up to 16 bytes associated with a filesystem | ||
** '''Volume Label''' An old (DOSish) name for a filesystem label | ** '''Volume Label''' An old (DOSish) name for a filesystem label | ||
* '''Master Boot Record''' The first sector on a disk in a BIOS/MBR machine | * '''Master Boot Record''' The first sector on a disk in a BIOS/MBR machine | ||
** '''Boot sector''' The first sector of a bootable partition | ** '''Boot sector''' The first sector of a bootable partition | ||
Thus: | Thus: | ||
* A ''disk'' has a ''WWN'', a ''model'', and a ''serial number''. | * A ''disk'' has a ''WWN'', a ''model'', and a ''serial number''. | ||