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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.






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






3. 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.






4. The settings within a registry key.






5. 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






6. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).






7. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






8. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.






9. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.






10. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.






11. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.






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






13. Aka PCIe.






14. 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






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






16. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.






17. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.






18. Aka S-Video.






19. Aka Universal Serial Bus.






20. Aka enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode.






21. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.






22. The primary control device for a computer system. The CPU is simply a chip containing a set of components that manages all the activities. Also called a processor.






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






24. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.






25. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.






26. The Microsoft Website from which you can download updates to Windows.






27. A drive that can be safely installed and removed while a computer is up and running without damaging the data stored on the drive.






28. A mode for parallel ports that allows access to special features in the PC called DMA channels. This mode is approximately ten times faster than regular bidirectional mode and is designed for printers and scanners.






29. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






30. Managing access to resources. Access control to computers and network resources involves authentication and authorization.






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






32. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.






33. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.






34. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






35. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.






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






37. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.






38. Aka systray.






39. An LCD display that uses a DB-15 connector - which means that it accepts analog signals that it converts to digital.






40. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.






41. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).






42. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






43. Aka Scalable Link Interface.






44. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.






45. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that the video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Wind






46. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.






47. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






48. Aka root key.






49. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






50. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.