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Comptia A + Certification

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1. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co






2. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






3. A Windows 2000 recovery tool requiring an up-to-date emergency repair disk (ERD) or recent emergency repair information stored on the local hard disk.






4. Aka hard disk drive.






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






6. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).






7. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.






8. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have






9. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






10. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.






11. 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.






12. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.






13. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.






14. A metal plate behind the front of a CRT monitor that focuses the electron beams from the gun.






15. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.






16. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.






17. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






18. Aka root key.






19. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.






20. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).






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






22. Aka error-correcting code.






23. 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






24. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.






25. Aka Static RAM.






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






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






28. 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. It also displays in low






29. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






30. A protocol that allows two devices to connect - authenticate - and negotiate what protocols they will use (almost always TCP/IP).






31. 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.






32. Aka internal cache memory.






33. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.






34. Aka display power-management signaling.






35. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.






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






37. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.






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






39. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






40. An area of the Windows taskbar used by programs and some hardware devices to display status icons. Also called thenotification area or system tray.






41. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.






42. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.






43. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by






44. Sony-Philips digital interface format






45. Aka systray.






46. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.






47. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.






48. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).






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






50. A variation of the PGA CPU packaging that was used with Pentium CPUs.