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Comptia A + Certification
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1. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
Safe Mode With Networking
NLX
inverter
emergency repair disk (ERD)
2. Aka motherboard.
system board
IMAP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
PING
3. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
ATM
FAT16
hot spot
4. The second version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it supports speeds up to 3.2 Gbps and distances of up to 100 meters.
multifunction device (MFD)
ATA
IEEE 1394b
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
5. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
SDRAM
mount point
6. A Windows service that allows a user to connect remotely to a computer and run the Windows desktop on the remote computer - but have the same access as if logged on to the computer and its local network.
DSL
routing information protocol (RIP)
Remote Desktop
DVD-ROM drive
7. Aka PCIe.
ad hoc mode
IMAP
PCI-E
tact
8. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.
graphical user interface (GUI)
multi-GPU solution
laptop
EVGA
9. Aka front side bus.
FPM
pit
VESA
FSB
10. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.
FPU
mass storage device
mode
Level 3 (L3) cache
11. In fiber-optics - a single light wave passing down a cable.
power supply
mode
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
voltage regulator module (VRM)
12. Aka wireless access point.
Type III
system attribute
WAP
root directory
13. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
SD Card
biometric device
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
14. Aka RAID 5.
LPT2
Task Scheduler
Debugging Mode
striping with distributed parity
15. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
developing
RAM
Windows Update
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
16. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.
PING
Remote Assistance
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
DVD+RW
17. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).
planar board
tape drive
video adapter card
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
18. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.
solid-state drive (SSD)
virtual memory
ultra-portable
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
19. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.
mini-audio connector
auditing
line printer
mini-DIN-6
20. A special modifier key on a laptop keyboard that when pressed together with certain alphanumeric keys - changes the output of the pressed key. It is often called the function key.
Fn key
TWAIN
WAN connection
MSCONFIG
21. 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.
Voice over IP (VoIP)
memory bank
emergency repair disk (ERD)
Lucent connector (LC)
22. Aka thermal compound.
heat sink compound
extension magnet
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
LPT
23. A drive that can be safely installed and removed while a computer is up and running without damaging the data stored on the drive.
CD-ROM
registered jack (RJ)
hot-swappable drive
100Base-T
24. A subprotocol of IP that detects and reports problems that can cause errors.
Control Panel
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
personal area network (PAN)
25. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice that restores a group of registry keys containing system settings such as services and drivers. These are the last settings that worked - and you have only a narrow window of opportunity to use Last Known Good
T1
CD-ROM
Last Known Good Configuration
HTTP
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.
toner
land-grid array (LGA)
network client
basic input/output system (BIOS)
27. A drive on a computer that can play music CDs and read data CDs - but cannot write to CDs.
Type III
CardBus
CD-ROM drive
pixel
28. A Web browser created by Microsoft.
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
Internet Explorer (IE)
dual layer (DL)
Performance Monitor
29. 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.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
Mini PCI
digital versatile disc (DVD)
32-bit
30. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.
Internet
antistatic mat
Fn key
mass storage device
31. Aka Small Outline DIMM.
CompactFlash
SODIMM
shadow mask
quad-core CPU
32. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.
RAID array
error-correcting code (ECC)
DVD-10
802.11b
33. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.
single inline memory module (SIMM)
hacker
service pack
Enable VGA Mode
34. An improved version of WPA that does not support older network cards and offers both secure authentication and data encryption. It uses EAP for a variety of authentication methods
transport layer security (TLS)
AMD
swap file
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
35. The component that provides power for all components on the motherboard and internal to the PC case. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).
power supply
special group
broadband WAN
base priority level
36. In an access control list - a record containing just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to that account.
SONET
inkjet
Intel Corporation
access control entry (ACE)
37. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.
mode
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
System Monitor
edition
38. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun
monitor
smart card
Quick Launch bar
RJ-11
39. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.
POP
NTLDR
dialer
active matrix display
40. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.
CardBus
WINS
KVM over IP
jump drive
41. Aka solid-state storage.
WPA2
solid-state drive (SSD)
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
42. Aka floating-point unit.
expansion card
dotted decimal notation
broadband WAN
FPU
43. Aka direct current.
NetBIOS
DC
flash memory
even parity
44. A software fix for a single problem.
system resources
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
ECP
patch
45. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.
Bluetooth
parts grabber
refresh rate
client/server-based network
46. 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.
wireless access point (WAP)
transfer corona wire
NETSTAT
extending extractor
47. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
hidden attribute
EPROM
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
48. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
field replaceable unit (FRU)
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
paging file
video graphics array (VGA)
49. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.
master drive
CardBus
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
port replicator
50. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
network address translation (NAT)
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
DVD-RW
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