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Computer Repair

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1. A fast interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can daisy chain as many as 7 or 15 devices on a single bus.






2. Another name for the primary volume.






3. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.






4. An interface standard - part of the IDE/ATA standards - that allows tape drives - CD-ROM drives - and other drives to be treated like an IDE hard drive by the system.






5. A unit of measure that describes the size of a data file - the amount of space on a disk or other storage medium - or the amount of data being sent over a network. One byte consists of 8 bits of data.






6. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






7. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.






8. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






9. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






10. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.






11. A hard drive whose disk controller is integrated into the drive - eliminating the need for a controller cable and thus increasing speed - as well as reducing price.






12. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.






13. Layer 7 of the OSI reference model. This layer provides services to application processes such as electronic mail - file transfer - and terminal emulation that are outside of the OSI model. The application layer identifies and establishes the availab






14. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.






15. To power up a computer from the off position.






16. A computer's ability to respond to a fault or catastrophe - such as a hardware failure or power outage - so that data is not lost.






17. The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive - if the THING is in the active partition - then it is used to boot the OS. Also called boot sector.






18. The overall structure an OS uses to name - store - and organize files on a drive. In it - a cluster is the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors. A it tracks how these clusters are used for each fil






19. Hardware or software systems that can use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system or with other systems. Also known as backward-compatible or backwards compatible.






20. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.






21. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






22. Method for encrypting data on a network. Uses a private key for writing messages and a public key to decode the messages. Only the private key needs to be kept secret. Public keys can be distributed openly.






23. Network with each computer






24. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






25. A number assigned to a logical device (such as a tray in a CD changer) that is part of a physical SCSI device - which is assigned a SCSI ID.






26. A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.






27. Generally the label for the first hard drive in a computer system. Drive A and Drive B are reserved for floppy drives. Drive B is rarely used on current computers.






28. Uses space from two or more physical disks to increase the disk space available for a single volume. THIS writes to the physical disks evenly across all disks so that no one disk receives all the activity - and therefore improves performance. Windows






29. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.






30. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.






31. The term__________refers to the computer bringing itself up to a working state without the user having to do anything but press the on button.






32. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






33. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






34. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.






35. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.






36. The ________________makes sure the computer meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process.






37. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?






38. Discovers the local address (MAC address) of a station on the network when the IP address is known. End stations as well as routers use ARP to discover local addresses:






39. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)






40. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.






41. This can be divided into one or more logical drives. Each logical drive is assigned a drive letter (such as drive G:) and is formatted using its own file system.






42. One or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data (also referred to as a file allocation unit). Files are written to a disk as groups of whole clusters.






43. When troubleshooting a failed boot - if you do not see any lights or hear any noises - what hardware system do you first assume is at fault?






44. A drive with one - two - or more platters - or disks that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealed metal housing that contains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate with the motherboard. The top and bot






45. Storage area used for handling data in transit. Buffers are used in internetworking to compensate for differences in processing speed between network devices. Bursts of data can be stored in buffers until they can be handled by slower processing devi






46. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






47. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?






48. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.






49. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.






50. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.







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