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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka microcode.






2. Aka network interface card.






3. Aka hyper threading.






4. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






5. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).






6. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.






7. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan






8. Aka antistatic mat.






9. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).






10. 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.






11. A protocol that allows routers to update their list of routes dynamically. RIP dates to the 1980s and is considered obsolete; even though - it has been updated a few times and is still supported by most routers.






12. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






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






14. On a circuit board - a small connector that slides down on a pair of pins jutting up from the board. Multiple pins are often side-by-side - and a jumper joins a pair of them.






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






16. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.






17. The hardware architecture - including the CPU - BIOS - and chipset.






18. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






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






20. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.






21. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.






22. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.






23. 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.






24. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






25. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.






26. A virus that is self-replicating.






27. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






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






29. The top-level folder or directory in the file structure. This appears the same - regardless of the underlying file system.






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






31. 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.






32. Aka point-to-point protocol.






33. Aka DDR3 SDRAM.






34. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.






35. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.






36. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.






37. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.






38. The use of a biometric for authentication.






39. Aka systray.






40. A power supply that converts between alternating current and direct current.






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






42. Aka nickel metal hydride.






43. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






44. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."






45. The amount of data that can travel over a network at a given time.






46. On a cable network - the device used at the customer site for the analog/digital conversion.






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






48. A group of features in the system BIOS - the chipset - the operating system - device drivers - and the individual components that enable efficient use of power in a computer.






49. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.






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