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Comptia A + Certification

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1. The default Windows file system that includes many important features - including encryption and permissions.






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






3. Aka direct current.






4. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280






5. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.






6. Aka random access memory.






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






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






9. A device that records video content to disk.






10. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.






11. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.






12. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.






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






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






15. A laptop is a small - easily transported computer - generally weighing less than 7 pounds and with roughly the same dimensions as a 1- to 2-inch-thick stack of magazines. Laptops computers have an all-in-one layout in which the keyboard - and often t






16. In the laser printing process - a wire that passes a small positive charge to paper as it travels through the printer. This positive charge attracts the negatively charged toner particles on the drum to the paper.






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






18. A component of a CPU that is responsible for all logical and mathematical operations in the system.






19. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.






20. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






21. A strap designed to discharge static electricity from your body. One end attaches to the wrist - whereas the other end attaches to a grounded object.






22. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.






23. 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.






24. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan






25. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






26. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.






27. Aka second-level domain.






28. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






29. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.






30. Aka access control entry.






31. Aka audio modem riser.






32. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co






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






34. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.






35. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.






36. The redirection of incoming traffic to the requesting internal hosts that initiated the communication with an external host.






37. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.






38. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






39. A paid television subscription service offered by cable television providers.






40. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.






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






42. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






43. In the Windows registry - the top five folders - each of which is the top of a hierarchical structure. Also called subtrees.






44. Aka adapter card.






45. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).






46. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.






47. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






48. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).






49. Aka customer premises equipment.






50. The amount of data that can travel over a network at a given time.