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1. 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






2. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.






3. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.






4. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c






5. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.






6. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






7. A Windows 2000 recovery tool requiring an up-to-date emergency repair disk (ERD) or recent emergency repair information stored on the local hard disk.






8. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.






9. A dedicated computer that stores data and provides print services or other capabilities to network clients.






10. Aka wireless access point.






11. A drive that can write either to CD-R discs or to specially designed CD-RW discs. In the case of the CD-RW discs - the drive can write more than once to the same portion of disc - overwriting old data.






12. Memory that is accessible in any (random) order. Most of the memory in a PC is RAM.






13. In a CPU - special memory that resides within the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called L1 cache.






14. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






15. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.






16. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






17. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.






18. Aka Small Outline RIMM.






19. Aka DDR2 SDRAM.






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






21. 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.






22. A wireless standard for using radio waves to communicate between devices. Class 3 Bluetooth devices (the most common) communicate at distances up to one meter.






23. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -






24. The original digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for movies sold at retail.






25. A Windows wizard that sets options for starting and running a specific old program that will not otherwise run properly in Windows.






26. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






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






28. A processor on a graphics adapter used to render graphics images for the display - saving the CPU for other functions.






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






30. A parallel port mode that has the same performance as ECP but is used with parallel devices other than printers and scanners.






31. 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






32. 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.






33. Aka interrupt request line.






34. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).






35. Aka SCSI host adapter.






36. A DVD drive that cannot write to but can read DVD discs.






37. Microsoft's product activation program.






38. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.






39. In a CPU - special memory that resides outside the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called Level 2 (L2) cache and Level 3 (L3) cache - depending on the design of the CPU






40. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th






41. Aka file allocation table.






42. 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.






43. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.






44. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






45. The settings within a registry key.






46. Aka network interface card.






47. A network connection device at the core of a wireless network.






48. 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






49. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.






50. 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







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