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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






2. The redirection of incoming traffic to the requesting internal hosts that initiated the communication with an external host.






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






4. Aka access control entry.






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






6. 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.






7. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.






8. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov






9. A virus that is self-replicating.






10. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.






11. Aka software firewall.






12. 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.






13. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






14. A process that places the logical structure of a file system on a partitioned volume.






15. A device that combines two or more devices - such as a printer - scanner - and fax machine.






16. In reference to parallel ports - a mode in which the parallel device connected to the parallel port can receive data but cannot send data. CMOS settings (system settings) may refer to this mode as "Transfer only."






17. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.






18. The worldwide network that carries traditional voice traffic.






19. A Windows 2000 recovery tool requiring an up-to-date emergency repair disk (ERD) or recent emergency repair information stored on the local hard disk.






20. 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.






21. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.






22. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.






23. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.






24. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.






25. 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 even.






26. 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.






27. A tool for testing if a cable can connect properly end-to-end and to determine if a cable has a short. These tools are available for a variety of cable types.






28. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network






29. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.






30. Aka wireless access point.






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






32. This attack occurs when a massive number (up to hundreds of thousands) of computers send DoS attacks to a server - making it unavailable.






33. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.






34. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.






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






36. The traditional wired telephone network.






37. Aka logical block address.






38. A private internetwork.






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






40. Aka security auditing.






41. Aka motherboard.






42. Aka top-level domain.






43. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the Intel 32-bit x86 specification. Also referred to as 32-bit.






44. In the laser printer - the heated rollers that fuse the toner to the paper.






45. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.






46. A common connector used to connect a power supply to internal peripherals.






47. Another name for a motherboard in a laptop.






48. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.






49. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.






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