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Comptia A + Certification

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






2. Aka interrupt request line.






3. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).






4. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






5. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.






6. Storage media that is removable - meaning the drive stays in place - while the media (disk - disc - or tape) is removed and replaced with another disk - disc - or tape.






7. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






8. In an access control list - a record containing just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to that account.






9. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






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






11. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.






12. 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.






13. A strap designed to discharge static electricity from your body. One end attaches to the wrist - whereas the other end attaches to a grounded object.






14. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.






15. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).






16. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






17. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.






18. A protocol that allows two devices to connect - authenticate - and negotiate what protocols they will use (almost always TCP/IP).






19. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.






20. Aka serial ATA.






21. Aka error-correcting code.






22. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.






23. 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






24. Aka PCIe.






25. A small cassette containing an ink reservoir used to provide the medium for certain printers. An ink cartridge will only fit a certain model printer.






26. Slang for motherboard.






27. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






28. Aka digital subscriber line.






29. Aka accelerated graphics port.






30. Fiber-optic cable in which multiple light waves can pass simultaneously. Usually larger in diameter than single-mode fiber; and each wave uses a certain portion of the fiber cable for transmission.






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






32. 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.






33. A technology for transferring serial data at high speeds. Also known as low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).






34. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






35. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.






36. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.






37. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






38. 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.






39. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






40. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






41. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






42. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.






43. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.






44. The use of more than one monitor on a single computer.






45. A type of riser card that connects directly into a motherboard and adds no additional functionality of its own - but extends the expansion bus and allows expansion cards to be added in a different physical orientation.






46. Also called striping with distributed parity or striping with interleave parity - this RAID method involves a set of disks in which every time data is written to disk - a portion is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across th






47. A device that records video content to disk.






48. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






49. 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. Safe Mode also displays






50. In reference to a memory module - the number of memory modules required to match the data bus width of the processor.