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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along






2. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






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






4. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






5. 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.






6. A firewall service that inspects (or filters) each packet that enters or leaves the network - applying a set of security rules defined by a network administrator - and not allowing packets that fail inspection to pass between networks.






7. Aka S-Video.






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






9. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.






10. The act of safely installing/uninstalling or attaching/removing a device while a computer is up and running.






11. An installation of Windows that is not automated - where the user is required to pay attention throughout the entire process to provide information and to respond to messages. Also called a manual installation.






12. Aka customer premises equipment.






13. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.






14. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.






15. Aka internal cache memory.






16. A type of KVM switch that is controlled through a mechanical switch on the box.






17. The Internet service that manages access to Internet domain names and the naming system it uses for computers and resources connected to the Internet or in a private network.






18. Aka digital versatile disc (DVD).






19. The format in which IP addresses are usually shown - with decimal numbers separated by "dots" as in 192.168.100.2.






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






21. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.






22. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.






23. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.






24. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






25. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.






26. A Windows utility that allows you to create tasks that run automatically at the times you select.






27. A key on a laptop that - when pressed along with the FN key - changes the laptop display brightness at the hardware level. On some laptops - when this key combination is pressed - a small brightness control panel will display on the screen. Use the u






28. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.






29. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






30. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.






31. A printer that creates printed output line by line.






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






33. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.






34. 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






35. Aka Small Outline RIMM.






36. A group of wires used to identify addresses in main system memory in a computer. The number of wires in an address bus is called the width of the bus and determines the number of unique memory locations that can be addressed using binary math with th






37. Aka time to live.






38. Aka microcode.






39. Aka internal cache memory.






40. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically






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






42. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.






43. Aka digitizing tablet.






44. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.






45. One of the two prevailing CPU manufacturers.






46. A dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.






47. Aka floating-point unit.






48. 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.






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






50. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.