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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka digitizing tablet.






2. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second






3. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.






4. Aka routing information protocol.






5. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).






6. A type of switched network used by phone companies.






7. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.






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






9. A network that covers a relatively small area - such as a building - home - office - or campus. The typical distances are measured in hundreds of meters.






10. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.






11. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.






12. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.






13. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.






14. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.






15. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.






16. Aka access control list.






17. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.






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






19. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.






20. Aka World Wide Web.






21. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.






22. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.






23. A solid-state storage standard for high-capacity (2 - 4 - and 8 GB) memory cards that are tiny






24. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






25. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.






26. Aka wireless access point.






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






28. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.






29. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.






30. Aka power-on self-test.






31. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.






32. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.






33. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






34. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






35. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.






36. Aka serial ATA.






37. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






38. A standard for interconnecting electronic musical instruments to communicate with computers and among themselves.






39. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.






40. Aka video graphics array.






41. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).






42. Aka S-Video.






43. A device used with a laptop. The port replicator remains on the desktop with external devices connected to ports on it. A laptop then needs only one connection to the port replicator to have access to the peripherals.






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






45. Aka basic input/output system.






46. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.






47. Aka surge protector.






48. A printer that includes one or more other functions - such as a scanner and fax machine.






49. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).






50. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.