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1. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.






2. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






3. A type of DIMM memory module used in laptops.






4. A small cassette containing an ink reservoir used to provide the medium for certain printers. An ink cartridge will only fit a certain model printer.






5. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.






6. A double-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 17.08 GB of data - or over eight hours of video.






7. 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.






8. A technology for LCD displays in which transistors are positioned at each pixel.






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






10. A special modifier key on a laptop keyboard that when pressed together with certain alphanumeric keys - changes the output of the pressed key. It is often called the function key.






11. Aka access control list.






12. Any video adapter or monitor that exceeds the VGA standard in resolution and color depth with a maximum resolution of 1600






13. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.






14. A drive interface for EIDE drives that transfers data serially at speeds between 150 MBps and 300 MBps and 6 Gbps - depending on the version of the standard.






15. 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.






16. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.






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






18. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.






19. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.






20. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.






21. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.






22. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.






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






24. Unsolicited e-mail.






25. Aka Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.






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






27. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.






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






29. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.






30. 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.






31. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






32. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.






33. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.






34. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI






35. Aka Scalable Link Interface.






36. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.






37. A way to monitor security-related events.






38. A connection point on a device or computer - sometimes called a socket.






39. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.






40. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






41. Another name for a motherboard in a laptop.






42. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays






43. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.






44. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






45. Aka motherboard.






46. 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.






47. The logical structure on disk that allows the operating system to save and retrieve files. Examples of file systems are FAT and NTFS. Both of these file system have different versions - such as FAT12 - FAT16 - FAT32 - and NTFS 4.0 and NTFS 5.0.






48. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






49. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






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