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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






2. Aka Advanced Power Management.






3. Aka video RAM.






4. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.






5. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.






6. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.






7. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.






8. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.






9. Aka point-to-point protocol.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Aka external cache.






14. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.






15. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.






16. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.






17. Pertaining to a DVD drive and disc that can store data in two pitted layers on each data side - with each layer having a different reflectivity index.






18. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b






19. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.






23. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






24. On a circuit board - a small connector that slides down on a pair of pins jutting up from the board. Multiple pins are often side-by-side - and a jumper joins a pair of them.






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






26. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






27. A video interface - also called Super Video - that transmits video using two signals






28. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.






29. 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.






30. Microsoft's product activation program.






31. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.






32. 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.






33. Aka dynamic RAM.






34. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.






35. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.






36. 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






37. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 5.0 millimeters thick.






38. The traditional wired telephone network.






39. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. It also displays in low






40. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object






41. Aka emergency repair disk.






42. A fiber-optic connector that has a snap coupling and - at 1.25 mm - is half the size of the SC connector. Also called a local connector.






43. 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.






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






45. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually






46. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p






47. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat






48. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).






49. A connection point on a device or computer - sometimes called a socket.






50. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.