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Comptia A + Certification

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1. 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.






2. A version of Windows Vista that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






3. An Advanced Options choice that will temporarily disable the Automatically Restart option on the Advanced page of System Properties.






4. The type of battery used in the first portable PCs - which was heavy and inefficient.






5. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.






6. Aka master boot record.






7. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






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






9. Aka point-to-point protocol.






10. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






11. A device installed at the end of a SCSI chain to absorb signals so they do not bounce back along the cable.






12. Aka Enhanced IDE.






13. In networking - the authorization to access a computer or resource on a computer. Specific permission levels include read - change - modify - etc.






14. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.






15. 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






16. Malware that hides itself from detection by antimalware programs; it is installed on a computer by someone who has privileged access to the computer.






17. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.






18. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.






19. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.






20. A power supply that converts between alternating current and direct current.






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






22. A technology for transferring serial data at high speeds. Also known as low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).






23. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






24. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






25. A program used to discover a password.






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






27. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.






28. The top-level folder or directory in the file structure. This appears the same - regardless of the underlying file system.






29. Aka central processing unit.






30. 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.






31. A misnomer - referring to the BIOS settings that are stored in a CMOS chip.






32. Aka virtual file allocation table.






33. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.






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






35. Aka front side bus.






36. A subpackaging of a Windows revision that contains the core OS plus a special set of features that is offered as a separate product targeted to a certain type of end user.






37. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.






38. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.






39. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.






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






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






42. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.






43. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.






44. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.






45. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






46. An encryption technology introduced in Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions - Windows Server 2008 - and also in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions. It encrypts the entire boot volume.






47. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






48. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.






49. 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.






50. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.