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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.






2. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.






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






4. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






5. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.






6. 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.






7. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.






8. A program used to discover a password.






9. Slang for motherboard.






10. On a cable network - the device used at the customer site for the analog/digital conversion.






11. Aka pin grid array.






12. 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.






13. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre






14. A network name used to identify a wireless network. Consisting of up to 32 characters - the SSID travels with the messages on the wireless network. All of the wireless devices on a WLAN must use the same SSID in order to communicate.






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






16. Microsoft's product activation program.






17. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.






18. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.






19. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






20. A single-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 4.7 GB of data - or over two hours of video.






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






22. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.






23. The traditional wired telephone network.






24. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






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






26. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.






27. 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






28. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.






29. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






30. Aka read-only memory.






31. This GUI utility will display a system summary of the hardware - operating system - and other software.






32. A pointing device - often built into a laptop - which is a smooth rectangular panel over which you move your finger to move the pointer on the display.






33. 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






34. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






35. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be rewritten to - and data can also be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-RW. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






36. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






37. The component that provides power for all components on the motherboard and internal to the PC case. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).






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






39. Aka enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode.






40. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.






41. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






42. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.






43. A partition type that can exist on a basic disk and have one or more logical drive letters assigned to it. A Windows operating system cannot boot from an extended partition.






44. In fiber-optics - a single light wave passing down a cable.






45. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.






46. A pointing device built into some laptop keyboards. It appears to be a very tiny joystick-type button that barely protrudes above the level of the keys.






47. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is even.






48. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).






49. In regard to Windows operating systems - a version of Windows that is designed to work with a certain manufacturer's equipment.






50. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.