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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






2. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).






3. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.






4. Aka RAID 5.






5. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.






6. 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.






7. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.






8. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.






9. 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.






10. Aka emergency repair disk.






11. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






12. Aka systray.






13. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.






14. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.






15. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.






16. Memory chips that use a special Rambus channel that has a data transfer rate of 800 MHz. A double channel width results in a 1.6 GHz data transfer. RDRAM sticks use special RIMM slots.






17. A depressed area on an optical disc that is alternated with raised areas to be interpreted as data.






18. Aka root key.






19. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.






20. 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.






21. A diagram showing the purpose of each wire in a connector.






22. A network that covers a relatively small area - such as a building - home - office - or campus. The typical distances are measured in hundreds of meters.






23. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.






24. A finite set of resources controlled by the operating system and critical to the use of all computer components.






25. The former name of the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface standard.






26. Aka optical character recognition.






27. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."






28. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






29. On a motherboard - the type and location of components - as well as the size of the board itself.






30. Aka time to live.






31. In the laser printing process - the step in which the laser beam creates a negative of the image that will eventually appear on the printout. Each place that the laser beam touches loses most of its charge - creating an image - whereas the rest of th






32. A key on a laptop that is pressed along with the FN key to change display modes so the output will be only to the laptop's display - only to an external display - or simultaneously to both displays. The DISPLAY MODE key is normally a function key - s






33. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






34. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.






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






36. Aka random access memory.






37. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.






38. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.






39. Aka thumb drive.






40. A type of RIMM memory module used in laptops.






41. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the second parallel port.






42. In the laser printing process - a wire that passes a small positive charge to paper as it travels through the printer. This positive charge attracts the negatively charged toner particles on the drum to the paper.






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






44. Aka floating-point unit.






45. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.






46. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.






47. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.






48. A sleep mode that is available on any computer that supports ACPI power management. It conserves power while saving the desktop in RAM memory in a work state. To resume - you simply press the power button - and the desktop is quickly displayed.






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






50. 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