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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A fiber-optic connector that resembles an RJ-45 network connector and is less expensive and easier to work with than ST or SC connectors.






2. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.






3. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.






4. 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.






5. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.






6. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second






7. Aka basic input/output system.






8. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).






9. Aka PCIe.






10. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






11. Aka v-hold.






12. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.






13. A server that manages DNS names.






14. In a laser printer - a metal drum with an electro-photosensitive coating to which a charge can be applied by a laser beam.






15. Aka automated system recovery.






16. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.






17. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.






18. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






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






20. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.






21. In the Windows registry - the top five folders - each of which is the top of a hierarchical structure. Also called subtrees.






22. 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.






23. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.






24. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






25. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.






26. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






27. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






28. Aka ATA Packet Interface.






29. Aka pin grid array.






30. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.






31. Aka Enhanced IDE.






32. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.






33. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI






34. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






35. In the laser printing process - a wire that passes a small positive charge to paper as it travels through the printer. This positive charge attracts the negatively charged toner particles on the drum to the paper.






36. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






40. The signal in a television transmission that contains the color of the image.






41. The act of moving through a neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot - using either a laptop equipped with Wi-Fi wireless network capability or a simple Wi-Fi sensor available for a few dollars from many sources. War drivers are searching for open hotspo






42. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk






43. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.






44. 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.






45. An assigned address or range of addresses on a system's address bus that - together with an interrupt request line (IRQ) - allows a device to be recognized by the processor.






46. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.






47. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.






48. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.






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 non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.