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Comptia A + Certification
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1. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.
connector
surge protector
Advanced Power Management (APM)
DDR2
2. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.
internal bus
subkey
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
unattended installation
3. A device - usually resembling a power strip - that protects equipment from power surges.
surge protector
infrastructure mode
DVD-RW
capture card
4. 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.
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
DIN connector
Secure Digital (SD) Card
background process
5. The first physical sector on a hard disk - which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table.
paging file
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
master boot record (MBR)
top-level domain (TLD)
6. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.
DDR RAM
fusing rollers
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
FAT
7. The primary input device for a PDA - shaped like a pen and used to press small keys on a keypad - tap the screen to select items - or write data on the screen.
access control
half-duplex
stylus
TWAIN
8. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
mount point
Media Access Control (MAC) address
local KVM switch
9. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.
spindle
mounted drive
DPMS
DVD-5
10. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.
paging file
network address translation (NAT)
multiplexing
UXGA
11. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.
local KVM switch
Quick Launch bar
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
erasure lamp
12. An area of a physical hard disk that defines space that will be used for logical drives.. (v.) To define the space to be used for logical drives using a special program - such as the Windows Setup program.
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
horizontal position
security auditing
partition
13. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
DMA controller
IP packet filtering
RAM
14. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.
Secure Digital (SD) Card
response time
Directory Services Restore Mode
odd parity
15. Aka Fast Ethernet.
notification area
video graphics array (VGA)
100Base-T
system tray
16. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.
P1 power connector
8-bit high color
drive image
active matrix display
17. 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.
CompactFlash
file allocation table (FAT)
attended installation
dynamic disk
18. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.
service pack
computer platform
MSCONFIG
refresh rate
19. Aka digitizing tablet.
PAGEFILE.SYS
digitizer
Voice over IP (VoIP)
subtree
20. 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. Safe Mode also displays
DDR2
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
Safe Mode
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
21. Aka wireless access point.
miniconnector
FPU
WAP
removable storage
22. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.
MIDI
CRT
Intel x86 Specification
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
23. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.
digital signature
FSB
PROM
traces
24. A method for supporting up to 8.3 GB capacity hard drives. Both the BIOS and hard drive system must use LBA.
volume
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
direct current (DC)
logical block address (LBA)
25. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.
boot sector
read-only memory (ROM)
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
S/PDIF
26. 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.
code signing
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
WPA
PPTP
27. 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.
WINS Server
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
edition
drive-by download
28. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
single inline memory module (SIMM)
heat sink compound
FAT12
DLP
29. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
primary slave
color depth
riser card
30. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
cable tester
I/O address
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
subkey
31. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.
slot cover
CPU fan
video adapter
heat sink
32. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.
PCI Express
EFS
DLP
WPA2
33. The moving of data from one storage device to another.
virtual private network (VPN)
flashing
data migration
RAID 0
34. Microsoft's product activation program.
UXGA
daughter card
MMC
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
35. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.
Northbridge
flash drive
DDR RAM
IPCONFIG
36. A technology for transferring serial data at high speeds. Also known as low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).
FPM
low-voltage differential (LVD)
answer file
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
37. The Internet service that manages access to Internet domain names and the naming system it uses for computers and resources connected to the Internet or in a private network.
auditing
computer platform
Domain Name Service (DNS)
flat panel display (FPD)
38. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.
touchpad
MAC
ExpressCard
cleaning blade
39. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.
extended partition
Gigabit Ethernet
code signing
T-carrier system
40. Aka System Information.
ERD
response time
mount point
MSINFO32.EXE
41. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts
KVM switch
primary corona wire
watts
nonvolatile memory
42. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data
channel service unit (CSU)
virtual private network (VPN)
PCI Express
Windows Update Website
43. In telecommunications - a technique that combines multiple messages or signals onto a single transmission channel.
ISDN
User Account Control (UAC)
CD-ROM drive
multiplexing
44. 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.
thermal paste
thermal printer
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
ATM
45. A DVD of any type that can store data on both sides of the disc.
power supply
optical drive
DVI-I
double-sided (DS) DVD
46. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
toner
BitLocker drive encryption
47. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
DVI-I
system attribute
dial-up
48. A power supply and motherboard feature that allows software to turn off a computer rather than only using a physical switch.
liquid cooling system
DHCP Server
CMOS
soft power
49. Aka channel service unit.
SCSI host adapter
inverter
CSU
drive-by download
50. This GUI utility will display a system summary of the hardware - operating system - and other software.
second-level domain (SLD)
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
direct memory access (DMA) channel
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