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1. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






2. The number of colors used by a display.






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.






4. A dedicated computer that stores data and provides print services or other capabilities to network clients.






5. In reference to computers - the pathways or methods for what goes into a computer in the form of data and instructions and similarly what comes out of the computer in many forms - including an onscreen display - a printout sent to a printer - or data






6. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.






7. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






8. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.






9. A measurement of the volume of electrons - also called current. It is calculated with the formula amps = watts / volts.






10. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






11. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.






12. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






13. Aka external cache.






14. The utility to use when doing a single data and settings transfer to a new Windows Vista computer from one running Windows XP or Windows Vista.






15. Data communications over the cellular telecommunications networks.






16. Aka antistatic mat.






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






18. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.






19. 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.






20. A perpetrator of malicious software attacks against computers and networks. Also called a cracker.






21. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 54 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11b.






22. A type of riser card that connects directly into a motherboard and adds no additional functionality of its own - but extends the expansion bus and allows expansion cards to be added in a different physical orientation.






23. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.






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






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






26. A device - usually resembling a power strip - that protects equipment from power surges.






27. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.






28. A digital video interface that has several modes - including one that offers downward compatibility with analog displays. It requires a special connector - which comes in several variations to support the DVI modes.






29. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.






30. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






31. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals






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. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.






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






35. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.






36. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.






37. Another name for a motherboard in a laptop.






38. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.






39. A parallel port mode that has the same performance as ECP but is used with parallel devices other than printers and scanners.






40. A printer that includes one or more other functions - such as a scanner and fax machine.






41. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.






42. A type of switched network used by phone companies.






43. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.






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






45. Aka routing information protocol.






46. The cellular network standards used by AT&T and T-Mobile.






47. Aka thumb drive.






48. A network service that handles the requests for Internet services - such as Web pages - files on an FTP server - and mail for a proxy client without exposing that client's IP address to the Internet. There is specific proxy server and client software






49. In networks - when data can travel in either direction - but only in one direction at a time.






50. Aka electromagnetic pulse.







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