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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.






2. A connector used to attach coaxial cables to computers and network equipment. Origin of the term may be "Bayonet-Neill-Concelman" or "British Naval Connector."






3. A network service that handles the requests for Internet services - such as Web pages - files on an FTP server - and mail for a proxy client without exposing that client's IP address to the Internet. There is specific proxy server and client software






4. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.






5. Aka RAID 5.






6. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.






7. Introduced in 1993 - the most common expansion bus architecture in PCs in the mid 1990s. It transfers data in parallel over a data bus that is either 32- or 64-bits wide.






8. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.






9. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.






10. A fiber-optic connector that resembles an RJ-45 network connector and is less expensive and easier to work with than ST or SC connectors.






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






12. The fine copper lines that are the electronic circuits through which power - data - and control signals travel on a circuit board.






13. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun






14. 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).






15. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.






16. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to toggle the laptop's speaker on and off. The SPEAKER ON/OFF key is usually one of the standard function keys - such as F3 - that displays a speaker symbol.






17. A CPU power-saving mode that allows a CPU to reduce its speed without losing its place so it does not stop working altogether. SMM also allows the CPU to trigger power saving in other components.






18. Aka channel service unit.






19. 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.






20. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk






21. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






22. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.






23. Aka motherboard.






24. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.






25. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.






26. The chunks into which the TCP protocol packages data. In addition to the data - each datagram contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the chunks of data into the original messag






27. Aka root key.






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






29. Aka top-level domain.






30. 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.






31. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






32. Aka musical instrument digital interface.






33. A virus that downloads to a user's computer through a pop-up window that appears in a Web browser. It requires an action on the part of a user - such as clicking a button that implies acceptance of something like free information.






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






35. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






36. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






37. A device that converts DC current to AC. An inverter is required in a laptop to provide the AC current required by the display.






38. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






39. A part of the NTFS file system used to store a transaction-based database - with all file accesses treated as transactions - and if a transaction is not complete - NTFS will roll back to the last successful transaction.






40. Aka v-hold.






41. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.






42. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.






43. Aka internal cache memory.






44. A version of Windows Vista that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






45. A connector commonly used for PC keyboards. It is much smaller than the original DIN connector.






46. The read-only DVD discs sold at retail stores - containing video or software and having a maximum capacity of 15.9 GB of data. This term also applies to the drives that can only read DVDs.






47. 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.






48. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.






49. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






50. A protocol that allows routers to update their list of routes dynamically. RIP dates to the 1980s and is considered obsolete; even though - it has been updated a few times and is still supported by most routers.