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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An organization that creates standards for laptop computer peripheral devices.






2. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.






3. Aka optical character recognition.






4. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.






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






6. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






7. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network






8. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI






9. The role of the second EIDE drive on a PATA channel.






10. An identifier assigned to a process when it starts.






11. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.






12. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.






13. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.






14. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.






15. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.






16. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.






17. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.






18. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.






19. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






20. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.






21. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.






22. 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






23. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






24. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.






25. Aka floppy disk drive.






26. Aka power-on self-test.






27. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original






28. The language of Web pages. Web designers use the HTML language to create Web page code - which your Web browser converts into the pages you view on your screen.






29. Aka Ethernet.






30. The circuit board in a computer to which all other components directly or indirectly connect. Also called a mainboard - system board - mobo - or planar board.






31. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






32. 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.






33. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.






34. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.






35. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.






36. Aka single inline memory module.






37. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






38. Aka systray.






39. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






40. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.






41. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.






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






43. A pixel that is permanently turned on - causing the pixel to show constantly as red - green - or blue. Also called a stuck pixel.






44. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.






45. 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.






46. Aka power supply.






47. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.






48. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






49. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to toggle the laptop's speaker on and off. The SPEAKER ON/OFF key is usually one of the standard function keys - such as F3 - that displays a speaker symbol.






50. Programmable ROM. A ROM chip that can have programs added to it.