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Comptia A + Certification

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1. One or more chips designed to work closely with the CPU. Two parts of this chipset are the Northbridge and the Southbridge.






2. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






3. Aka Domain Name Service.






4. A device that combines two or more devices - such as a printer - scanner - and fax machine.






5. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.






6. Aka digital versatile disc (DVD).






7. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






8. Malware that hides itself from detection by antimalware programs; it is installed on a computer by someone who has privileged access to the computer.






9. Aka top-level domain.






10. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.






11. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.






12. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.






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






14. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.






15. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






16. The role of the first EIDE drive on a PATA channel.






17. Aka power supply.






18. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou






19. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






20. Sony-Philips digital interface format






21. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






22. A round connector that gets its name from Deutsche Industrie Norm - a German standards organization. Normally a round connector with a circular or semicircle of pins.






23. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals






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






25. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.






26. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.






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






28. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.






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






30. Any video adapter or monitor that exceeds the VGA standard in resolution and color depth with a maximum resolution of 1600






31. Aka Scalable Link Interface.






32. A digital video interface that has several modes - including one that offers downward compatibility with analog displays. It requires a special connector - which comes in several variations to support the DVI modes.






33. A parallel port mode in which the signals can be transmitted in both directions between the PC and parallel devices connected to the computer.






34. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.






35. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters






36. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.






37. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.






38. Aka radio frequency.






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






40. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






41. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically






42. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.






43. A WAN connection that uses existing copper telephone wire for the communication circuit. To accomplish this - a DSL modem splits the existing phone line into two bands; voice transmission uses the frequencies below 4000 Hz - whereas data transmission






44. Slang for motherboard.






45. A 3/32-inch audio connector.






46. A security service in which authentication credentials are encrypted (user name and password) before transmission over a network.






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






48. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.






49. Aka DDR2 SDRAM.






50. Aka motherboard.