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Comptia A + Certification
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1. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.
AGP
Level 3 (L3) cache
TWAIN
SGRAM
2. In reference to parallel ports - a mode in which the parallel device connected to the parallel port can receive data but cannot send data. CMOS settings (system settings) may refer to this mode as "Transfer only."
unidirectional mode
connector
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
Windows Update Website
3. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.
amperes (amps)
NTFS permissions
fraud
jumper
4. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.
keystroke logger
HDD
FPU
processor board
5. Aka logical block address.
PPTP
AC adapter
LBA
SLI
6. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.
authentication
IEEE 1284
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
USB
7. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
power management
routing information protocol (RIP)
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
8. Aka process priority level.
digitizing tablet
flat panel display (FPD)
Performance Monitor
base priority level
9. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
IEC-320 connector
802.11n
10. The traditional wired telephone network.
NETSTAT
mirroring
HTML
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
11. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
system tray
Internet service provider (ISP)
WPA2
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
12. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
compact disc (CD)
h-hold
Trojan horse
liquid cooling system
13. A device - usually resembling a power strip - that protects equipment from power surges.
secondary master
surge protector
Wi-Fi
Emergency Repair Process
14. Aka thumb drive.
Internet
digital LCD display
track point
jump drive
15. Aka antistatic mat.
bandwidth
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
WPA
grounding mat
16. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.
APM
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
process
drive lock password
17. Aka communication network riser.
MAC
CNR
cluster
antistatic wrist strap
18. Aka Small Outline RIMM.
secondary slave
war driving
slot cover
SORIMM
19. A group of wires used to identify addresses in main system memory in a computer. The number of wires in an address bus is called the width of the bus and determines the number of unique memory locations that can be addressed using binary math with th
CRIMM
Internet
address bus
single-layer (SL)
20. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
system tray
letterbox
router
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
21. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.
Type I
direct memory access (DMA) channel
network address translation (NAT)
even parity
22. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.
DVI-I
striping with interleave parity
register
VC
23. One of the two prevailing CPU manufacturers.
smart phone
Intel Corporation
Encrypting File System (EFS)
PCI-E
24. 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
distribution server
RAID 5
default gateway
docking station
25. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.
bidirectional mode
CMOS
MIDI
memory address
26. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.
SATA
card services
spindle
exception
27. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.
component video
DVD-RAM
System Monitor
WPA2
28. A virus that downloads to a user's computer through a pop-up window that appears in a Web browser. It requires an action on the part of a user - such as clicking a button that implies acceptance of something like free information.
EEPROM
ATAPI
cluster
pop-up download
29. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Safe Mode
access control entry (ACE)
RGB video
30. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
power supply tester
DDR RAM
multifunction printers (MFDs)
31. A single-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 8.54 GB of data - or over four hours of video.
PCI-E
socket services
Domain Name Service (DNS)
DVD-9
32. Aka hard disk drive.
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
ACPI
remote KVM switch
HDD
33. Aka top-level domain.
SONET
TLD
spim
MicroDIMM
34. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Blu-ray disc
regional settings
device driver
35. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and measures 10.5 mm thick.
Type III
Intel x86 Specification
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
communication network riser (CNR)
36. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p
digital subscriber line (DSL)
NSLOOKUP
thermal wax transfer printer
active listening
37. Aka external cache.
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
IEEE
Level 2 (L2) cache
KVM switch
38. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.
base priority level
auto-switching power supply
MBR
nonvolatile memory
39. Aka interrupt request line.
IRQ
P412V
long filename (LFN)
SAS
40. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.
DC Controller
extending extractor
thumb drive
RDRAM
41. A small cassette containing an ink reservoir used to provide the medium for certain printers. An ink cartridge will only fit a certain model printer.
x86-64
RAM
ink cartridge
Bubble Jet
42. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.
thermal printer
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
erasure lamp
cracker
43. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.
Performance Monitor
WINS Server
WRAM
authorization
44. Aka PCIe.
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
PCI-E
inactive KVM switch
NiCD
45. Aka distributed denial of service attack.
multifunction device (MFD)
Wi-Fi
edition
DDoS Attack
46. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
biometric logon
DVI
nonvolatile memory
47. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.
uniqueness database file (UDF)
dead pixel
TrackPoint
Device Manager
48. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.
NetBIOS
root folder
BNC
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
49. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.
docking station
modem
DLT
virtual memory
50. 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
Control Panel
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
case
composite video
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