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Comptia A + Certification

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1. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






2. An LCD display characteristic that indicates the amount of time in milliseconds (ms) it takes for a single pixel to go from the active to the inactive state and back again.






3. A private internetwork.






4. Aka low-voltage differential.






5. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.






6. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.






7. Aka Internet service provider.






8. A protocol for computer-to-computer (host-to-host) transfer of files over a TCP/IP network - regardless of the operating system in use.






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






10. A parallel port mode in which the signals can be transmitted in both directions between the PC and parallel devices connected to the computer.






11. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.






12. Aka routing information protocol.






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






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






15. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.






16. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.






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






18. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.






19. 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).






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






21. Aka hacker.






22. Aka American National Standards Institute.






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






24. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that traces the route taken by packets to a destination.






25. Aka Small Outline DIMM.






26. The code used to provide multiple language support to Windows.






27. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






28. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).






29. Synchronous graphics random access memory is a type of RAM used on video adapters.






30. A coherent and concentrated light beam - also simply called a laser.






31. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720






32. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






33. Aka super video graphics array.






34. The sudden and uncontrolled movement of electricity from an object with a greater charge to one with a lesser charge. Also called static electricity.






35. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.






36. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.






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






38. A process that runs "behind the scenes" with a low priority - does not require input - and rarely creates output.






39. 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






40. Aka systray.






41. Aka hyper threading.






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






43. Aka antistatic mat.






44. Aka thread.






45. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.






46. Aka internal cache memory.






47. A misnomer - referring to the BIOS settings that are stored in a CMOS chip.






48. An assigned channel over which a device can send a signal to the processor to get its attention.






49. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






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