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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.






2. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts






3. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






7. Aka World Wide Web.






8. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.






9. Aka error-correcting code.






10. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).






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






12. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.






13. Aka wireless access point.






14. Aka lit pixel.






15. 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).






16. Aka permanent virtual circuit.






17. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.






18. Aka network interface card.






19. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.






20. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.






21. A generic reference to a PC's serial communications port - in which the x represents the port number.






22. A display device that contains a cathode ray tube and uses an electron gun to activate phosphors behind the screen at the front of the tub.






23. A video interface - also called Super Video - that transmits video using two signals






24. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






25. Aka boot record.






26. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






27. A Windows sleep mode that uses hard drive space to save all the programs and data that are in memory at the time you choose this mode. The computer then completely shuts down and requires no power while it is hibernating.






28. The use of two or more video adapters (hence the term "GPU") to drive a single display for the purpose of increasing performance.






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






30. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.






31. Aka central processing unit.






32. A special-purpose computer designed for a certain task and installed within a device.






33. A type of DIMM memory module used in laptops.






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






35. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






36. Aka RAID 5.






37. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.






38. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






39. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.






40. Aka Digital Light Processing.






41. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






42. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.






43. The use of words - often technical and uncommon - that both parties understand in the same way.






44. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.






45. 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.






46. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280






47. Aka surge protector.






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






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






50. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan