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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. 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.






3. Showing consideration for others.






4. In a CPU - special memory that resides within the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called L1 cache.






5. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts






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






7. 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.






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






9. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.






10. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.






11. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.






12. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).






13. 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.






14. A word used to describe memory that cannot work without a steady supply of power.






15. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.






16. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.






17. Aka nickel metal hydride.






18. Aka KVM switch.






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






20. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.






21. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






22. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.






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






24. Aka v-hold.






25. Aka ATA Packet Interface.






26. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.






27. A program used to discover a password.






28. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.






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






30. An address that a DHCP client will assign to itself after requesting an address and failing to receive one from a DHCP server. The address it will assign is in the 169.254 /16 network - which is the range of addresses from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.






31. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.






32. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






33. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






34. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






35. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.






36. 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






37. RAM that doubles the rate of speed at which a standard SDRAM can process data. Also called DDR and DDR1. A stick of DDR1 SDRAM has 184 pins.






38. Aka basic input/output system.






39. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.






40. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.






41. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.






42. A type of printer that transfers ink to paper by causing a print head to strike a printer ribbon containing ink against the paper.






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






44. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






45. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.






46. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






47. Aka High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






48. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






49. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






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