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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A paid television subscription service offered by cable television providers.






2. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.






3. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






4. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.






5. Aka boot record.






6. A type of KVM switch that is controlled through a mechanical switch on the box.






7. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






8. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.






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






10. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.






11. A disk type introduced with Windows 2000 that contains space allocated in volumes without the limits imposed on basic disks. On a dynamic disk - the number of volumes are unlimited - and a volume can extend to include available space on any hard disk






12. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.






13. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -






14. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.






15. 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






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






17. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.






18. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






19. A network that covers a metropolitan area - usually using high-speed fiber-optic cable (operating in the gigabits-per-second range).






20. 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






21. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






22. A device that combines two or more devices - such as a printer - scanner - and fax machine.






23. A value assigned to a process that controls the order in which the program code is executed in relation to other code.






24. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.






25. 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.






26. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






27. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.






28. On a Microsoft Windows network - a resource - such as a file folder or printer - that is available on the network.






29. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.






30. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






31. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






32. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of






33. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.






34. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.






35. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.






36. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.






37. A type of DIMM memory module used in laptops.






38. Aka direct current.






39. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






40. A pixel that is permanently turned on - causing the pixel to show constantly as red - green - or blue. Also called a stuck pixel.






41. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






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






43. Aka demilitarized zone.






44. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.






45. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.






46. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.






47. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






48. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.






49. Aka file allocation table.






50. Aka systray.