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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.






2. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






3. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.






4. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






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






6. A shared folder on a distribution server containing the source files for a remote installation.






7. A computer that is not connected to a network of any kind.






8. Aka digitizing tablet.






9. Aka Integrated Service Digital Network.






10. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.






11. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






12. A process that runs "behind the scenes" with a low priority - does not require input - and rarely creates output.






13. The specific requirements for the level of CPU - amount of memory - and size of the hard disk for the computer on which an operating system can be installed.






14. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.






15. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.






16. Aka point-to-point protocol.






17. A set of rules and practices describing how an organization protects and manages sensitive information. A security policy applies to all employees.






18. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).






19. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to






20. Aka wireless access point.






21. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.






22. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






23. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.






24. Aka refresh rate.






25. A magnetic mass storage device primarily used for backing up data from computers.






26. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.






27. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.






28. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.






29. A power-usage level.






30. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.






31. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






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






33. A Windows utility that allows you to create tasks that run automatically at the times you select.






34. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.






35. A Windows sleep mode that uses hard drive space to save all the programs and data that are in memory at the time you choose this mode. The computer then completely shuts down and requires no power while it is hibernating.






36. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.






37. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.






38. Aka error-correcting code.






39. Aka network address translation.






40. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.






41. A more advanced and more expensive alternative to a port replicator. In addition to the ports normally found on a port replicator - a docking station may include full-size expansion slots and drives.






42. A 36-pin connector mounted to a device's parallel interface.






43. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.






44. Aka direct current.






45. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.






46. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.






47. A printer that creates printed output line by line.






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






49. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.






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