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1. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






2. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.






3. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.






4. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






5. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.






6. Aka internal cache memory.






7. The generic term for a pointing stick.






8. A software fix for a single problem.






9. Aka accelerated graphics port.






10. The role of the first EIDE drive on a PATA channel.






11. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.






12. A protocol that allows routers to update their list of routes dynamically. RIP dates to the 1980s and is considered obsolete; even though - it has been updated a few times and is still supported by most routers.






13. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






14. In a CPU - special memory that resides outside the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called Level 2 (L2) cache and Level 3 (L3) cache - depending on the design of the CPU






15. Aka motherboard.






16. 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






17. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.






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






19. Aka access control entry.






20. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.






21. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






22. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






23. Aka digital subscriber line.






24. The classic PC serial port that complies with the Recommended Standard-232 (RS-232) in its circuitry - cabling - and connector design - and transfers data one bit at a time.






25. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.






26. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






27. 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.






28. Aka second-level domain.






29. An identifier assigned to a process when it starts.






30. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.






31. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.






32. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






33. 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.






34. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.






35. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.






36. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.






37. Aka power supply.






38. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.






39. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






40. 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






41. A type of memory checking in which every eight-bit byte of data is accompanied by a ninth bit (the parity bit) - which is used to determine the presence of errors in the data. The two types of parity are odd and even.






42. Microsoft's product activation program.






43. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.






44. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.






45. A type of display device that includes a touch-sensitive face to accept input from the user.






46. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.






47. Aka central processing unit.






48. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.






49. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






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







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