| Subject | German | English |
| comp., MS | aktive Partition | active partition (A partition from which a computer starts up. The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk. If you use Windows exclusively, the active partition can be the same as the system volume) |
| comp. | Boot-Partition | bootable partition (of a disk) |
| comp. | Boot-Partition | boot partition (of a disk) |