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Comptia A + Certification
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1. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun
stuck pixel
smart card
chrominance
taskbar
2. 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
RAID 5
twisted-pair cable
Start Windows Normally
spim
3. 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.
jargon
system requirements
peer-to-peer network
thermal compound
4. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.
RAID controller
spim
thermal printer
multifunction device (MFD)
5. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.
memory controller chip (MCC)
ATAPI
edition
video RAM (VRAM)
6. 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.
case fan
inactive KVM switch
spam
parts grabber
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
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
terminal
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
PCIe Mini Card
8. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.
floppy disk drive
Secure Digital (SD) Card
primary partition
device driver
9. A large burst of electromagnetic energy - as from a nuclear explosion - that has the potential to damage communications and power lines within a large geographic area - depending on the size and location of the pulse.
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
bar code reader
Level 3 (L3) cache
SODIMM
10. Aka communication network riser.
64-bit
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
system file
CNR
11. A power-usage level.
amperes (amps)
power state
Super Video
x86-64
12. Aka Advanced Technology.
ECC
DPMS
AT
flash BIOS
13. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.
file
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
Southbridge
network client
14. A dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.
dead pixel
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
root folder
15. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array
file system
DC Controller
WUXGA
Southbridge
16. Aka S-Video.
digital linear tape (DLT)
Super Video
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
UXGA
17. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
spam
auto-switching power supply
firewall
18. Aka digital linear tape.
EPP
LPT2
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
DLT
19. Aka solid-state storage.
multimode fiber (MMF)
Level 1 (L1) cache
solid-state drive (SSD)
SODIMM
20. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
boot sequence
DVI-D
System Management Mode (SMM)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
21. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.
central processing unit (CPU)
Task Scheduler
broadband WAN
MicroDIMM
22. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
registry
grounding mat
error-correcting code (ECC)
23. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.
dial-up modem
video adapter card
mass storage device
long filename (LFN)
24. Aka motherboard.
remote KVM switch
thread of execution
display resolution
system board
25. A drive that can be safely installed and removed while a computer is up and running without damaging the data stored on the drive.
attended installation
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
video adapter card
hot-swappable drive
26. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.
domain
T-carrier system
cleaning
Centronics
27. The primary control device for a computer system. The CPU is simply a chip containing a set of components that manages all the activities. Also called a processor.
central processing unit (CPU)
internal cache memory
ZIF
KVM over IP
28. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
WUXGA
authentication factor
encryption
biometric device
29. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
cluster
gadget
30. A mark on a building created by a war driver to specify where a hotspot exists. People "in the know" look for these marks to identify hotspots for their use.
odd parity
war chalking
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
CRIMM
31. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
FTP
video adapter
composite video
32. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
laser beam
Gigabit Ethernet
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
local KVM switch
33. A version of the FAT file system used by MS-DOS for hard drives - using a 16-bit file allocation table.
FAT16
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
file allocation table (FAT)
POP
34. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
charging
recently used programs list
digitizing tablet
35. 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.
satellite communications
latency
drive path
802.11n
36. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.
primary slave
answer file
ACT
Preboot eXecution Environment
37. The cartridge for a laser printer that contains both the medium (toner) and other printing components.
magnetic mass storage
even parity
toner cartridge
data migration
38. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
riser card
RDRAM
S/PDIF
Distributed File System (DFS)
39. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
DVD-ROM drive
digital signature
System File Checker (SFC)
40. A CPU containing two CPU cores.
router
touchpad
Foreign
dual-core CPU
41. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.
analog modem
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
ATAPI
SODIMM
42. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters
pinned items list
passive matrix display
subscriber connector (SC)
monitor
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
registration
FireWire
cable select
writing
44. Aka digital subscriber line.
antistatic wrist strap
registry key
RIMM
DSL
45. Aka nickel-cadmium.
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
NiCD
PAGEFILE.SYS
46. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat
RAID 0
floating-point unit (FPU)
SODIMM
DMZ
47. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.
CD-R (CD-Record)
flash drive
digitizing tablet
service pack
48. Aka random access memory.
Mini PCI
Media Access Control (MAC) address
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
RAM
49. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.
cable select
inkjet
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
50. 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
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
domain
straight-tip (ST) connector
surge protector
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