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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka hyper threading.






2. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






3. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.






4. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






5. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.






6. Storage media that is removable - meaning the drive stays in place - while the media (disk - disc - or tape) is removed and replaced with another disk - disc - or tape.






7. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.






8. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.






9. 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.






10. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.






11. Aka Domain Name Service.






12. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.






13. A network connection device at the core of a wireless network.






14. Aka Internet service provider.






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






16. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.






17. A bundle of patches or updates released periodically by a software publisher.






18. Aka read-only memory.






19. A device that records video content to disk.






20. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.






21. Aka digitizing tablet.






22. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.






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






24. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.






25. Aka digital video interface.






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






27. A laptop in which the display is an integrated digitizer.






28. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.






29. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






30. A straight - round connector used to connect fiber-optic cabling to a network device. It has a twist-type coupling.






31. The third version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it is a departure from the old standards in that it uses Category 5e twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors - combining Ethernet and FireWire.






32. A Windows program that launches Internet Explorer and connects to the Windows Update Website.






33. Aka power-on self-test.






34. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.






35. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.






36. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.






37. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






38. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.






39. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.






40. 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






41. 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).






42. The specific requirements for the level of CPU - amount of memory - and size of the hard disk for the computer on which an operating system can be installed.






43. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.






44. Fiber-optic cable in which multiple light waves can pass simultaneously. Usually larger in diameter than single-mode fiber; and each wave uses a certain portion of the fiber cable for transmission.






45. Aka video graphics array.






46. A drive that can be safely installed and removed while a computer is up and running without damaging the data stored on the drive.






47. Microsoft's product activation program.






48. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






49. The hardware architecture - including the CPU - BIOS - and chipset.






50. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.