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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






2. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






3. In networking - this is a set of rules for using network hardware and software. In most discussions about networks - this term is assigned to certain network software components.






4. One of many low-level instructions built into the control unit of a CPU. Also called a microprogram.






5. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.






6. Aka refresh rate.






7. A type of printer that transfers ink to paper by causing a print head to strike a printer ribbon containing ink against the paper.






8. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.






9. The generic term for a pointing stick.






10. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov






11. Aka thumb drive.






12. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






13. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






14. Aka display.






15. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.






16. Aka point-to-point protocol.






17. The EXPLORER.EXE program. This program supports the entire Windows GUI. If EXPLORER.EXE is called up from inside the GUI - it opens a window for browsing your local disks and files.






18. Aka IEEE 1394.






19. The second version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it supports speeds up to 3.2 Gbps and distances of up to 100 meters.






20. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






21. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.






22. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.






23. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.






24. Aka analog modem.






25. 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






26. Aka Post Office Protocol.






27. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.






28. Aka digitizing tablet.






29. 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."






30. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.






31. Aka enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. A software fix for a single problem.






38. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.






39. Aka read-only memory.






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






41. In telecommunications - a technique that combines multiple messages or signals onto a single transmission channel.






42. 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






43. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.






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






45. A protocol for computer-to-computer (host-to-host) transfer of files over a TCP/IP network - regardless of the operating system in use.






46. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.






47. Aka thread.






48. Aka Fast Ethernet.






49. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.






50. 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