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Comptia A + Certification

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






2. A file format for movie DVDs.






3. Aka root key.






4. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.






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






6. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c






7. Aka American National Standards Institute.






8. 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.






9. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






10. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






11. An interface standard developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - it is used for both internal and external hard drives and optical drives as well as devices such as printers - modems - scanners - and many other peripherals.






12. A portable computer small enough to fit in your hand - also referred to as a "palmtop" computer. Because it is so small - a PDA does not have the functionality of a laptop or desktop computer. In other words - a typical PDA allows you to perform only






13. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.






14. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.






15. A component of a CPU that is responsible for all logical and mathematical operations in the system.






16. Aka Microsoft Management Console.






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






18. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.






19. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.






20. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.






21. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.






22. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).






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






24. Aka central processing unit.






25. The circuit board in a computer to which all other components directly or indirectly connect. Also called a mainboard - system board - mobo - or planar board.






26. 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.






27. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.






28. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.






29. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.






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






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






32. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.






33. The Internet service that manages access to Internet domain names and the naming system it uses for computers and resources connected to the Internet or in a private network.






34. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.






35. In a laser printer - a high-intensity lamp that - when shone on a portion of the electro-photosensitive drum - removes any remaining charge on that portion of the drum.






36. A device that in its traditional configuration as a local KVM switch connects a single keyboard - video display - and mouse to two or more computer systems - allowing the user to switch control from one computer to another.






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






38. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






39. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.






40. Aka systray.






41. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).






42. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.






43. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.






44. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






45. Aka digitizing tablet.






46. A power management standard that includes all the power states of APM - plus two more. It also supports soft power.






47. The logical structure on disk that allows the operating system to save and retrieve files. Examples of file systems are FAT and NTFS. Both of these file system have different versions - such as FAT12 - FAT16 - FAT32 - and NTFS 4.0 and NTFS 5.0.






48. Aka access control entry.






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






50. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.