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Comptia A + Certification

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1. 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






2. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.






3. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






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






5. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.






6. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






7. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.






8. A socket for a PGA CPU that has a retention lever as well as contacts to match the number of pins on the CPU. The lever is used to attach the CPU to the socket in a manner that does not require force to insert or to remove the CPU.






9. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






10. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p






11. 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.






12. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.






13. Aka thumb drive.






14. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.






15. A straight - round connector used to connect fiber-optic cabling to a network device. It has a twist-type coupling.






16. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.






17. Aka power-on self-test.






18. 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.






19. Aka floating-point unit.






20. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






21. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.






22. Aka Post Office Protocol.






23. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.






24. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






25. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






26. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.






27. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.






28. The disruption of signal transmission caused by the radiation of electrical and magnetic fields. Electric motors are a common source of EMI.






29. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.






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






31. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.






32. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.






33. Aka PCIe.






34. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.






35. The primary control device for a computer system. The CPU is simply a chip containing a set of components that manages all the activities. Also called a processor.






36. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






37. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.






38. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.






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






40. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).






41. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.






42. Aka compact disc.






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






44. Aka taskbar.






45. A registry key that exists within another key.






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






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






48. Aka wireless access point.






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






50. 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.