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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka direct current.






2. Storage media that is removable - meaning the drive stays in place - while the media (disk - disc - or tape) is removed and replaced with another disk - disc - or tape.






3. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.






4. An optical semiconductor used in small projectors and in rear-projection televisions.






5. Aka front side bus.






6. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






7. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.






8. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






9. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.






10. 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.






11. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.






12. 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.






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






14. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






15. A fiber-optic connector that has a snap coupling and - at 1.25 mm - is half the size of the SC connector. Also called a local connector.






16. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that traces the route taken by packets to a destination.






17. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.






18. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






19. An assigned channel over which a device can send a signal to the processor to get its attention.






20. A portion of a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and such I/O busses as USB - IDE - PS2 - SATA - and others.






21. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.






22. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






23. 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






24. Aka access control list.






25. Aka Integrated Service Digital Network.






26. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






27. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.






28. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).






29. A rectangular connector with a locking clip on one side and a number designation that refers to the size rather than the number of wires.






30. A type of RIMM memory module used in laptops.






31. Aka antistatic mat.






32. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.






33. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.






34. Programmable ROM. A ROM chip that can have programs added to it.






35. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.






36. Memory that can only be read and that contains program code. ROM is also called firmware.






37. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.






38. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280






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






40. A device that records video content to disk.






41. The number of colors used by a display.






42. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.






43. Aka Small Outline DIMM.






44. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.






45. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.






46. Aka software firewall.






47. 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.






48. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.






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






50. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.