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1. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.






2. A shared folder on a distribution server containing the source files for a remote installation.






3. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.






4. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






5. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






6. Aka read-only memory.






7. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.






8. 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.






9. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






10. Programmable ROM. A ROM chip that can have programs added to it.






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






12. Aka root key.






13. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.






14. The box that houses the main computer system.






15. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






16. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






17. Software instructions stored in ROM chips. It exists on most PC components and on the motherboard.






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






19. The use of words - often technical and uncommon - that both parties understand in the same way.






20. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.






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






22. The act of moving through a neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot - using either a laptop equipped with Wi-Fi wireless network capability or a simple Wi-Fi sensor available for a few dollars from many sources. War drivers are searching for open hotspo






23. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.






24. Aka External Serial ATA.






25. A method used by several software manufacturers to combat software piracy. The formal name for Microsoft's activation is Microsoft Product Activation (MPA).






26. Showing consideration for others.






27. Aka central processing unit.






28. A compartment in a portable computer's case that holds a single media device that can be swapped with another. For instance - you may swap an optical drive - a secondary hard drive - or a floppy drive into and out of a single bay.






29. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






30. Aka digitizing tablet.






31. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






32. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.






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






34. Aka communication network riser.






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






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






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






38. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.






39. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.






40. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.






41. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.






42. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






43. A depressed area on an optical disc that is alternated with raised areas to be interpreted as data.






44. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.






45. A version of Windows Vista that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






46. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.






47. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






48. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.






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






50. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.







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