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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A version of Windows Vista that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






2. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






3. The box that houses the main computer system.






4. A cable medium that transmits light pulses rather than electrical signals - so it is not susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI).






5. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.






6. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.






7. Aka RAID 5.






8. Aka PCIe.






9. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






10. Aka FAT file system.






11. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays






12. Aka wireless access point.






13. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.






14. Aka thumb drive.






15. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.






16. A WAN connection that uses existing copper telephone wire for the communication circuit. To accomplish this - a DSL modem splits the existing phone line into two bands; voice transmission uses the frequencies below 4000 Hz - whereas data transmission






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






18. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






19. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.






20. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.






21. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






22. A video mode that most often consists of a combination of 640






23. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.






24. RAM that doubles the rate of speed at which a standard SDRAM can process data. Also called DDR and DDR1. A stick of DDR1 SDRAM has 184 pins.






25. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).






26. Program code that provides a way for someone to gain access to a computer while bypassing security. Only a person who knows how the back door works can use it - but once in - that individual has the same access as the host program to all the internal






27. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






28. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.






29. A user interface that takes advantage of the video system's graphics capabilities for manipulated graphic elements that represent objects and tasks.






30. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.






31. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






32. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.






33. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






34. A technology for LCD displays in which transistors are positioned at each pixel.






35. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.






36. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.






37. 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






38. Cable that consists of pairs of wires twisted around each other. The twists help to boost each wire's signals and make them less susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI).






39. Aka video graphics array.






40. A type of printer that uses solid - rather than liquid - ink.






41. Memory that is accessible in any (random) order. Most of the memory in a PC is RAM.






42. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.






43. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually






44. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.






45. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the second channel.






46. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






47. A CRT video setting - also known at horizontal hold - that holds the image horizontally on the screen.






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






49. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).






50. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.