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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An area of the Windows taskbar used by programs and some hardware devices to display status icons. Also called thenotification area or system tray.






2. Aka power supply.






3. A type of printer that uses a matrix of pins striking paper through an ink ribbon to create dots on the paper - forming alphanumeric characters and graphic images.






4. The language of Web pages. Web designers use the HTML language to create Web page code - which your Web browser converts into the pages you view on your screen.






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






6. 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.






7. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.






8. A round connector that gets its name from Deutsche Industrie Norm - a German standards organization. Normally a round connector with a circular or semicircle of pins.






9. Aka access control list.






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






11. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.






12. 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.






13. Aka low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).






14. Aka Scalable Link Interface.






15. Aka hyper threading.






16. In a disk drive - the rotating shaft used to spin the disks.






17. Managing access to resources. Access control to computers and network resources involves authentication and authorization.






18. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






19. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.






20. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






21. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






22. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network






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






24. The circuit board in a computer to which all other components directly or indirectly connect. Also called a mainboard - system board - mobo - or planar board.






25. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals






26. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.






27. Aka MSCONFIG.






28. 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






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






30. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.






31. A set of behaviors including active listening and active speaking that shows you are fully engaged in the conversation and encourages the other person to also communicate in a positive manner.






32. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






33. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






34. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






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






36. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






37. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.






38. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.






39. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.






40. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.






41. One of many low-level instructions built into the control unit of a CPU. Also called a microprogram.






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






43. The EXPLORER.EXE program. This program supports the entire Windows GUI. If EXPLORER.EXE is called up from inside the GUI - it opens a window for browsing your local disks and files.






44. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.






45. A variation of the PGA CPU packaging that was used with Pentium CPUs.






46. Signals broadcast through the air.






47. Aka systray.






48. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.






49. A device that records video content to disk.






50. An LCD display characteristic that indicates the amount of time in milliseconds (ms) it takes for a single pixel to go from the active to the inactive state and back again.