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Comptia A + Certification

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1. 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.






2. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.






3. 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.






4. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.






5. Aka digital versatile disc (DVD).






6. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.






7. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. A method for supporting up to 8.3 GB capacity hard drives. Both the BIOS and hard drive system must use LBA.






12. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice that restores a group of registry keys containing system settings such as services and drivers. These are the last settings that worked - and you have only a narrow window of opportunity to use Last Known Good






13. An area of the Windows taskbar used by programs and some hardware devices to display status icons. Also called thenotification area or system tray.






14. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






15. The third version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it is a departure from the old standards in that it uses Category 5e twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors - combining Ethernet and FireWire.






16. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.






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






18. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.






19. One or more lights (usually LEDs) on a device that indicate the device's operational status through the color of the light - by blinking or remaining steady or both.






20. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






21. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.






22. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.






23. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






24. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.






25. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






26. Circuitry in a PC on an adapter card - or directly on the motherboard - that controls the output from the PC to the display device.






27. A type of RIMM memory module used in laptops.






28. Aka top-level domain.






29. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






30. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.






31. Local area networking using radio waves - with the most common based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards (802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - and 802.11n).






32. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.






33. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.






34. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.






35. Aka audio modem riser.






36. A riser card that is similar to audio modem riser (AMR) except that it is plug and play-compatible and supports LANs in addition to audio - modem - and sound.






37. Signals broadcast through the air.






38. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.






39. 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.






40. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. A partition type that can exist on a basic disk and have one or more logical drive letters assigned to it. A Windows operating system cannot boot from an extended partition.






47. In a disk drive - the rotating shaft used to spin the disks.






48. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.






49. A program used to discover a password.






50. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.