Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bad_block

1 sense of bad block

Sense 1
bad block -- ((computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data)
       => block -- ((computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably")