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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A Web browser created by Microsoft.






2. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).






3. A component of the Windows operating system that resides in a file and is loaded into memory during the kernel loading phase of the Windows startup.






4. Aka basic input/output system.






5. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second






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






7. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th






8. Aka root key.






9. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.






10. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






11. A printer that creates printed output line by line.






12. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.






13. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.






14. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






15. Aka uninterruptible power supply.






16. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.






17. In the laser printing process - a blade that removes residual toner from the drum.






18. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.






19. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original






20. An optical semiconductor used in small projectors and in rear-projection televisions.






21. A command-line command - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - which provides statistical information about the TCP/IP protocols and network connections involving your computer - depending on the switches you use when you enter the command.






22. Aka read-only memory.






23. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






24. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






25. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.






26. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.






27. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).






28. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.






29. A coherent and concentrated light beam - also simply called a laser.






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






31. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts






32. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.






33. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.






34. A square snap coupling for fiber-optic cable - about 2.5 mm wide - used for cable-to-cable connections or to connect cables to network devices. It latches with a push-pull action similar to audio and video jacks.






35. Aka channel service unit.






36. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






37. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






38. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






39. Also called striping with distributed parity or striping with interleave parity - this RAID method involves a set of disks in which every time data is written to disk - a portion is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across th






40. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is even.






41. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.






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






43. Aka secure socket layer.






44. An organization that creates specifications for infrared wireless communication.






45. In Windows Vista - a vertical bar found by default on the right side of the desktop. Here - you will find gadgets and mini-programs.






46. Software instructions stored in ROM chips. It exists on most PC components and on the motherboard.






47. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.






48. A special modifier key on a laptop keyboard that when pressed together with certain alphanumeric keys - changes the output of the pressed key. It is often called the function key.






49. The amount of data that can travel over a network at a given time.






50. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk