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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka World Wide Web.






2. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






3. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.






4. A device used to scan smart cards.






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






6. Aka Enhanced IDE.






7. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.






8. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






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






10. Aka liquid crystal display.






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






12. The code used to provide multiple language support to Windows.






13. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.






14. A CPU containing two CPU cores.






15. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.






16. A measurement of the volume of electrons - also called current. It is calculated with the formula amps = watts / volts.






17. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.






18. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






19. A technology for LCD displays in which transistors are positioned at each pixel.






20. A fraudulent method of obtaining personal and financial information through the use of pop-ups or e-mail messages that purport to be from a legitimate organization - such as a bank - credit card company - or retailer.






21. 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






22. A computer (or dedicated device) that sits between a private network and an untrusted network and examines all traffic in and out of the network it is protecting. It will block any traffic it recognizes as a potential threat - using a variety of tech






23. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






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






25. Aka Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory.






26. An internal bus in a CPU that connects it to memory and video.






27. Aka virtual circuit.






28. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.






29. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.






30. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.






31. 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.






32. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






33. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






34. A device that converts DC current to AC. An inverter is required in a laptop to provide the AC current required by the display.






35. Aka thermal compound.






36. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






37. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.






38. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.






39. Aka thumb drive.






40. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).






41. A way to monitor security-related events.






42. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.






43. A type of DIMM memory module used in laptops.






44. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.






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






46. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.






47. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.






48. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).






49. The use of two or more video adapters (hence the term "GPU") to drive a single display for the purpose of increasing performance.






50. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.