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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.






2. A device that combines two or more devices - such as a printer - scanner - and fax machine.






3. A group of features in the system BIOS - the chipset - the operating system - device drivers - and the individual components that enable efficient use of power in a computer.






4. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.






5. A DVD of any type that can store data on both sides of the disc.






6. Aka root key.






7. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that the video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Wind






8. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.






9. A wireless standard for using radio waves to communicate between devices. Class 3 Bluetooth devices (the most common) communicate at distances up to one meter.






10. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.






11. Aka communication network riser.






12. A partition type on a basic disk that can have only one logical drive assigned to it encompassing the entire partition. This partition type is also the only type of partition on a basic disk that can be marked as active for booting up an operating sy






13. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data






14. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.






15. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






16. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






17. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.






18. 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.






19. A small cassette containing an ink reservoir used to provide the medium for certain printers. An ink cartridge will only fit a certain model printer.






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






21. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.






22. A software fix for a single problem.






23. Aka liquid crystal display.






24. Aka read-only memory.






25. A misnomer - referring to the BIOS settings that are stored in a CMOS chip.






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






27. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.






28. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






29. A mode for parallel ports that allows access to special features in the PC called DMA channels. This mode is approximately ten times faster than regular bidirectional mode and is designed for printers and scanners.






30. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.






31. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.






32. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.






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






34. Aka Address Resolution Protocol.






35. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.






36. Aka file allocation table.






37. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.






38. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.






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






40. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c






41. Aka ATA Packet Interface.






42. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.






43. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.






44. Aka systray.






45. A laptop is a small - easily transported computer - generally weighing less than 7 pounds and with roughly the same dimensions as a 1- to 2-inch-thick stack of magazines. Laptops computers have an all-in-one layout in which the keyboard - and often t






46. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.






47. Aka microcode.






48. A cooling fan mounted directly on the case - as opposed to a power supply fan - which is inside the power supply.






49. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






50. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.