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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka digital subscriber line.






2. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






3. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.






4. Aka top-level domain.






5. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.






6. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.






7. 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.






8. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.






9. This GUI utility will display a system summary of the hardware - operating system - and other software.






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






11. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.






12. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






13. Aka thermal compound.






14. An early PC hard drive interface.






15. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.






16. A communication service provided over a telecommunications network or computer network. A VC logically resembles a circuit while passing over a complex routed or switched network - such as the phone company's frame relay network.






17. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.






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






19. A WAN connection that uses existing copper telephone wire for the communication circuit. To accomplish this - a DSL modem splits the existing phone line into two bands; voice transmission uses the frequencies below 4000 Hz - whereas data transmission






20. Aka hard disk drive.






21. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






22. Aka network interface card.






23. Client software for browsing and accessing the content on the World Wide Web. Examples include Internet Explorer and Firefox.






24. A WAN connection that uses an analog modem rather than a network card and uses standard phone cables rather than network cables.






25. A utility for migrating data from many computers - or if you need to perform what Microsoft calls a "wipe-and-load migration" from and to the same computer. Available in Windows XP - Vista - and Windows 7.






26. A standardized document that contains general information - ingredients - and fire and explosion warnings as well as health - disposal - and safe transportation information about a particular product. Any manufacturer that sells a potentially hazardo






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






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






29. 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.






30. A DVD drive that cannot write to but can read DVD discs.






31. A user interface that takes advantage of the video system's graphics capabilities for manipulated graphic elements that represent objects and tasks.






32. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.






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






34. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.






35. A Windows service that allows a user to connect remotely to a computer and run the Windows desktop on the remote computer - but have the same access as if logged on to the computer and its local network.






36. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






37. 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.






38. Aka taskbar.






39. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.






40. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.






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






42. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.






43. Sony-Philips digital interface format






44. 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.






45. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






46. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






47. A portion of a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and such I/O busses as USB - IDE - PS2 - SATA - and others.






48. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.






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






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