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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka external cache.






2. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






3. Aka floating-point unit.






4. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






5. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.






6. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.






7. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.






8. A way to monitor security-related events.






9. A set of rules and practices describing how an organization protects and manages sensitive information. A security policy applies to all employees.






10. Aka network address translation.






11. Aka virtual file allocation table.






12. A private internetwork.






13. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.






14. A common connector used to connect a power supply to internal peripherals.






15. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.






16. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second






17. Fiber-optic cable that allows only a single light wave to pass down the cable.






18. On a motherboard - the type and location of components - as well as the size of the board itself.






19. A type of display device that includes a touch-sensitive face to accept input from the user.






20. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.






21. The role of the second EIDE drive on a PATA channel.






22. A type of solid-state storage that is portable - about the size of a flattened thumb - and usually has a USB interface. Also called a flash drive or jump drive.






23. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").






24. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.






25. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.






26. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






27. A drive interface for EIDE drives that transfers data serially at speeds between 150 MBps and 300 MBps and 6 Gbps - depending on the version of the standard.






28. Introduced in 1993 - the most common expansion bus architecture in PCs in the mid 1990s. It transfers data in parallel over a data bus that is either 32- or 64-bits wide.






29. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.






30. A joke program that produces strange behavior - such as screen distortions - erratic cursor behavior - or strange icons to appear on the screen.






31. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






32. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along






33. One or more chips designed to work closely with the CPU. Two parts of this chipset are the Northbridge and the Southbridge.






34. A double-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 17.08 GB of data - or over eight hours of video.






35. Aka microcode.






36. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.






37. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






38. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






39. A network name used to identify a wireless network. Consisting of up to 32 characters - the SSID travels with the messages on the wireless network. All of the wireless devices on a WLAN must use the same SSID in order to communicate.






40. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.






41. An LCD display that accepts a digital signal. Early LCD displays accepted an analog signal and converted it to digital internally.






42. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.






43. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.






44. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






45. Aka boot record.






46. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.






47. Aka alternating current.






48. In the laser printer - the heated rollers that fuse the toner to the paper.






49. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.






50. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.