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Comptia A + Certification
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1. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
taskbar
subscriber connector (SC)
bluesnarfing
2. The format in which IP addresses are usually shown - with decimal numbers separated by "dots" as in 192.168.100.2.
dotted decimal notation
activation
TWAIN
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
3. 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. It also displays in low
ATA
Safe Mode With Networking
process
mount point
4. 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
1000Base-T
compact disc (CD)
mini-DIN-6
Safe Mode
5. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.
multimode fiber (MMF)
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
twisted-pair cable
TWAIN
6. 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.
dial-up modem
mode
chrominance
dual layer (DL)
7. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.
icon
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
mini-audio connector
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
8. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.
process
DC
network interface card (NIC)
PING
9. Aka compact disc.
digital video recorder (DVR)
CD
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
SONET
10. Aka pointing stick.
system board
hidden attribute
Intel x86 Specification
point stick
11. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.
POST
volts
CrossFire
NSLOOKUP
12. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along
Speaker Volume Key
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
PGA2
subkey
13. A drive that can write either to CD-R discs or to specially designed CD-RW discs. In the case of the CD-RW discs - the drive can write more than once to the same portion of disc - overwriting old data.
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
datagram
sidebar
FAT
14. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
dynamic storage
World Wide Web
repeater
15. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.
SCSI controller
WPA2
security policy
S/PDIF
16. A device installed at the end of a SCSI chain to absorb signals so they do not bounce back along the cable.
refresh rate
terminating resistor
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
DVI-I
17. Aka emergency repair disk.
laptop
ERD
projector
code signing
18. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.
DVD-10
active communication
DHCP
LPT2
19. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
CRIMM
fast page mode (FPM)
Internet
Speaker Volume Key
20. Aka power supply.
NIC
power supply unit (PSU)
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
digital linear tape (DLT)
21. A 25-pin D-shell connector.
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Infrared (IR)
DB-25
input/out (I/O)
22. Aka serial ATA.
SATA
S/PDIF
DVD-10
DIP switch
23. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.
EPROM
card services
802.11a
worm
24. Aka pin grid array.
CNR
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
spyware
PGA
25. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically
DC Controller
channel service unit (CSU)
file signature verification
MAC
26. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.
SCSI ID
System Restore
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM)
Lucent connector (LC)
27. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.
ZIF
Gigabit Ethernet
drive-by download
POST
28. The location where a cable attaches to a computer. Alternatively - a connector on a motherboard for memory - CPUs - power - or other circuitry.
WUXGA
socket
basic storage
quad-core CPU
29. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.
vertical refresh rate
Ethernet
charging
file allocation table (FAT)
30. A registry key that exists within another key.
subkey
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
direct memory access (DMA) channel
network interface card (NIC)
31. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
XGA
emergency repair disk (ERD)
point stick
DB-9
32. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
wireless access point (WAP)
single-sided (SS) DVD
33. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.
ALU
SLI
pin grid array (PGA)
developing
34. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.
NLX
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
Super Video
war chalking
35. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.
spyware
VRAM
interrupt request line (IRQ)
mini-DIN-6
36. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.
ExpressCard
password cracker
Lucent connector (LC)
primary master
37. Aka security auditing.
I/O address
digital linear tape (DLT)
auditing
display resolution
38. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.
RF
malware
heat sink
CD-ROM
39. A component of a CPU that is responsible for all logical and mathematical operations in the system.
thermal compound
line printer
secure attention sequence (SAS)
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
40. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
floppy disk drive
central processing unit (CPU)
base priority level
41. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.
DVD-RAM
CMOS
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
datagram
42. 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.
solid-state storage
aspect ratio
docking station
archive attribute
43. Aka Integrated Drive Electronics.
IDE
RJ-11
monitor
DB-9
44. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.
APIPA
TLD
drive image
AT
45. Aka plain-old telephone service.
POTS
Advanced Technology (AT)
coaxial cable
active partition
46. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.
laptop
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
RAM
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
47. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
direct current (DC)
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
component video
48. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
Standby
8-bit high color
SLD
49. The graphical Internet consisting of a vast array of documents located on millions of specialized servers worldwide. The documents are created using HTML and other specialized languages - and transferred from servers to client computers using HTTP an
BitLocker drive encryption
RFI
ARP
World Wide Web
50. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
Preboot eXecution Environment
NIC
WEP
encryption
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