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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.






2. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize up to 4 GB of address space.






3. Aka display power-management signaling.






4. Aka power supply.






5. A word used to describe memory that cannot work without a steady supply of power.






6. An early PC hard drive interface.






7. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.






8. Aka accelerated graphics port.






9. Aka floating-point unit.






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






11. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.






12. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.






13. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






14. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.






15. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






16. Aka second-level domain.






17. The chunks into which the TCP protocol packages data. In addition to the data - each datagram contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the chunks of data into the original messag






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






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






20. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.






21. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






22. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.






23. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.






24. A power management standard that includes all the power states of APM - plus two more. It also supports soft power.






25. In a CPU - special memory that resides within the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called L1 cache.






26. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have






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






28. A more advanced and more expensive alternative to a port replicator. In addition to the ports normally found on a port replicator - a docking station may include full-size expansion slots and drives.






29. Aka Advanced Technology.






30. A parallel port mode in which the signals can be transmitted in both directions between the PC and parallel devices connected to the computer.






31. A version of the FAT file system used by MS-DOS for hard drives - using a 16-bit file allocation table.






32. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.






33. Aka fast page mode.






34. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.






35. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.






36. The use of a biometric for authentication.






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






38. Pertaining to a DVD drive and disc that can store data in two pitted layers on each data side - with each layer having a different reflectivity index.






39. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.






40. Aka access control entry.






41. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






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






43. Aka access control list.






44. Aka Small Outline DIMM.






45. Aka boot record.






46. A drive on a computer that can play music CDs and read data CDs - but cannot write to CDs.






47. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.






48. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.






49. In a CPU - the component that is primarily responsible for directing all the activities of the computer and the interactions of its components.






50. 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