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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






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






3. A small device containing a microchip used to generate unique passwords for logging on to a computer or a network.






4. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.






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






6. In a CPU - special memory that resides outside the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called Level 2 (L2) cache and Level 3 (L3) cache - depending on the design of the CPU






7. A straight - round connector used to connect fiber-optic cabling to a network device. It has a twist-type coupling.






8. Aka process priority level.






9. A network connection over long distances - traditionally using phone lines or satellite communications.






10. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.






11. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.






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






13. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.






14. 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.






15. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.






16. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.






17. The use of two or more video adapters (hence the term "GPU") to drive a single display for the purpose of increasing performance.






18. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.






19. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.






20. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.






21. 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






22. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.






23. A Windows program that launches Internet Explorer and connects to the Windows Update Website.






24. A CPU containing two CPU cores.






25. A computer that is not connected to a network of any kind.






26. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.






27. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






28. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).






29. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






30. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






31. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.






32. A Windows wizard that sets options for starting and running a specific old program that will not otherwise run properly in Windows.






33. Memory chips that use a special Rambus channel that has a data transfer rate of 800 MHz. A double channel width results in a 1.6 GHz data transfer. RDRAM sticks use special RIMM slots.






34. Unsolicited messages sent over an instant messaging service - such as Windows Messenger.






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






36. The first physical sector on a floppy disk or the first sector on a hard drive partition. The boot record contains information about the OS. The boot record on a primary active partition is used to start the operating system. Also called the boot sec






37. 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.






38. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object






39. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.






40. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.






41. A power supply and motherboard feature that allows software to turn off a computer rather than only using a physical switch.






42. [1] On computer circuit boards - a very tiny slide that indicates two states.. [2] In a network - a network device - much like a hub - except that a switch takes an incoming signal and sends it to only the destination port - avoiding collisions and m






43. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






44. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






45. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters






46. A special terminating stick that must be inserted into the open RIMM sockets.






47. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th






48. A security service in which authentication credentials are encrypted (user name and password) before transmission over a network.






49. The number of colors used by a display.






50. Aka alternating current.