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






2. 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.






3. The disruption of signal transmission caused by the radiation of electrical and magnetic fields. Electric motors are a common source of EMI.






4. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






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






6. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






7. A diagram showing the purpose of each wire in a connector.






8. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.






9. Aka paging file.






10. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






11. A single-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 8.54 GB of data - or over four hours of video.






12. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






13. A subpackaging of a Windows revision that contains the core OS plus a special set of features that is offered as a separate product targeted to a certain type of end user.






14. Aka routing information protocol.






15. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.






16. The default Windows file system that includes many important features - including encryption and permissions.






17. 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.






18. A double-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 17.08 GB of data - or over eight hours of video.






19. A virus that is self-replicating.






20. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - but data cannot be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-R. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






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






22. Aka permanent virtual circuit.






23. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.






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






25. Aka paging file.






26. Aka top-level domain.






27. A shared folder on a distribution server containing the source files for a remote installation.






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 rectangular connector with a locking clip on one side and a number designation that refers to the size rather than the number of wires.






30. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.






31. An assigned address or range of addresses on a system's address bus that - together with an interrupt request line (IRQ) - allows a device to be recognized by the processor.






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






33. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).






34. Aka adapter card.






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






36. A method used by several software manufacturers to combat software piracy. The formal name for Microsoft's activation is Microsoft Product Activation (MPA).






37. A specialized type of scanner that reads bar codes - which are patterns of bars of varying widths printed on labels or directly on items. The bar pattern is converted into a numeric code that is transmitted to a computer as data.






38. Aka point-to-point protocol.






39. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.






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






41. Aka plain-old telephone service.






42. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.






43. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.






44. A type of KVM switch that controls computers over a distance that is a function of the cabling and protocols it uses. The two types of switches are local remote KVM switch and KVM over IP.






45. Aka display.






46. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






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






48. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






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






50. Aka hyper threading.







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