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1. A plug designed for testing a specific port type (e.g. - serial - parallel - or USB). The plug does not connect to a cable but reroutes the sending pins to the receiving pins. Using special software on the computer - a loopback test is performed in w






2. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.






3. Aka Address Resolution Protocol.






4. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.






5. Aka System Information.






6. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.






7. Aka read-only memory.






8. Aka fast page mode.






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






10. Aka customer premises equipment.






11. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.






12. Aka uninterruptible power supply.






13. A joke program that produces strange behavior - such as screen distortions - erratic cursor behavior - or strange icons to appear on the screen.






14. Aka permanent virtual circuit.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Aka network interface card.






18. 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.






19. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






20. A dedicated computer that stores data and provides print services or other capabilities to network clients.






21. A type of motherboard and its variants most commonly used in recent PC systems.






22. A power-usage level.






23. A file format for movie DVDs.






24. A program that causes a modem to dial phone numbers surreptitiously.






25. Fiber-optic cable that allows only a single light wave to pass down the cable.






26. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






27. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.






28. 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.






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






30. The primary input device for a PDA - shaped like a pen and used to press small keys on a keypad - tap the screen to select items - or write data on the screen.






31. Aka capture card.






32. Synchronous graphics random access memory is a type of RAM used on video adapters.






33. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.






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






35. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c






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






37. One of the main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - IP manages logical addressing of network packets so routing protocols can route the packets over the network.






38. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.






39. Aka top-level domain.






40. A technical standards organization.






41. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - but data cannot be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-R. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






42. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






43. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.






44. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.






45. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.






46. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.






47. A special-purpose computer designed for a certain task and installed within a device.






48. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.






49. An organization that creates specifications for infrared wireless communication.






50. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).







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