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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka thread.






2. Aka time to live.






3. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






4. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






5. 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.






6. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






7. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat






8. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.






9. Aka DDR3 SDRAM.






10. 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.






11. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.






12. The traditional wired telephone network.






13. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.






14. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat






15. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






16. 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






17. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.






18. A remote KVM switch that captures the keyboard - video - and mouse signals - encodes them into IP packets - and sends them over an IP network.






19. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






20. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






21. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






22. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.






23. Aka PCIe.






24. Aka external cache.






25. Aka enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode.






26. In the laser printing process - a blade that removes residual toner from the drum.






27. The information transfer protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). Included in HTTP are the commands Web browsers use to request Web pages from Web servers and then display them on the screen of the local computer.






28. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the Intel 32-bit x86 specification. Also referred to as 32-bit.






29. A user interface that takes advantage of the video system's graphics capabilities for manipulated graphic elements that represent objects and tasks.






30. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.






31. A primary partition that is marked for use by the system during startup. Windows operating systems can only be booted from an active partition.






32. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.






33. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






34. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.






35. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






36. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).






37. Aka direct current.






38. Showing consideration for others.






39. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.






40. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.






41. A method of memory error-checking that is more sophisticated than parity checking. Like parity checking - it adds an extra bit per byte. In addition - software in the system memory controller uses an algorithm to both detect and correct errors.






42. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






43. The component that provides power for all components on the motherboard and internal to the PC case. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).






44. Aka adapter card.






45. A Windows sleep mode that uses hard drive space to save all the programs and data that are in memory at the time you choose this mode. The computer then completely shuts down and requires no power while it is hibernating.






46. A compartment in a portable computer's case that holds a single media device that can be swapped with another. For instance - you may swap an optical drive - a secondary hard drive - or a floppy drive into and out of a single bay.






47. One or more lights (usually LEDs) on a device that indicate the device's operational status through the color of the light - by blinking or remaining steady or both.






48. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






49. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






50. Aka antistatic mat.