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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.






2. Aka Domain Name Service.






3. Aka digital subscriber line.






4. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.






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






6. The graphical Internet consisting of a vast array of documents located on millions of specialized servers worldwide. The documents are created using HTML and other specialized languages - and transferred from servers to client computers using HTTP an






7. A key on a laptop that is pressed along with the FN key to change display modes so the output will be only to the laptop's display - only to an external display - or simultaneously to both displays. The DISPLAY MODE key is normally a function key - s






8. A partition type that can exist on a basic disk and have one or more logical drive letters assigned to it. A Windows operating system cannot boot from an extended partition.






9. 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.






10. Aka Advanced Power Management.






11. 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.






12. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.






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






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






15. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.






16. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






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






18. Aka hacker.






19. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






20. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.






21. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






22. 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






23. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre






24. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.






25. The format in which IP addresses are usually shown - with decimal numbers separated by "dots" as in 192.168.100.2.






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






27. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.






28. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.






29. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.






30. An installation of Windows that is not automated - where the user is required to pay attention throughout the entire process to provide information and to respond to messages. Also called a manual installation.






31. Aka MSCONFIG.






32. A sleep mode that is available on any computer that supports ACPI power management. It conserves power while saving the desktop in RAM memory in a work state. To resume - you simply press the power button - and the desktop is quickly displayed.






33. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that the video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Wind






34. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second






35. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






36. A laptop is a small - easily transported computer - generally weighing less than 7 pounds and with roughly the same dimensions as a 1- to 2-inch-thick stack of magazines. Laptops computers have an all-in-one layout in which the keyboard - and often t






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






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






39. Aka taskbar.






40. 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






41. Aka ATA Packet Interface.






42. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.






43. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






44. The hardware architecture - including the CPU - BIOS - and chipset.






45. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.






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






47. One of many low-level instructions built into the control unit of a CPU. Also called a microprogram.






48. Aka IEEE 1394.






49. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






50. A Windows service designed to allow a user to invite someone to help troubleshoot a problem.