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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.






2. A TCP/IP protocol developed as a solution to the dwindling number of IP addresses on the Internet and that also serves to hide IP addresses on a private network from the Internet.






3. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






4. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.






5. 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.






6. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p






7. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






8. 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.






9. A firewall service that inspects (or filters) each packet that enters or leaves the network - applying a set of security rules defined by a network administrator - and not allowing packets that fail inspection to pass between networks.






10. 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






11. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.






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






13. Signals broadcast through the air.






14. 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.






15. 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."






16. Aka display.






17. A device that records video content to disk.






18. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.






19. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.






20. A DVD drive that cannot write to but can read DVD discs.






21. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.






22. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and measures 10.5 mm thick.






23. A partition type on a basic disk that can have only one logical drive assigned to it encompassing the entire partition. This partition type is also the only type of partition on a basic disk that can be marked as active for booting up an operating sy






24. Aka root key.






25. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be rewritten to - and data can also be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-RW. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






26. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.






27. A string of characters that a user enters - along with an identifier - such as a user name - in order to be authenticated.






28. 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.






29. Aka liquid crystal display.






30. A type of motherboard and its variants most commonly used in recent PC systems.






31. One of the two prevailing CPU manufacturers.






32. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






33. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






34. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.






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






36. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 54 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11b.






37. Aka second-level domain.






38. The Microsoft Website from which you can download updates to Windows.






39. 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.






40. Aka System Information.






41. A program that causes a modem to dial phone numbers surreptitiously.






42. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






43. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.






44. Aka network interface card.






45. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






46. Aka audio modem riser.






47. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.






48. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






49. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.






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