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Comptia A + Certification
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1. Aka thumb drive.
DVD-RAM
jump drive
latency
boot sequence
2. A depressed area on an optical disc that is alternated with raised areas to be interpreted as data.
magnetic mass storage
pit
slot cover
single-layer (SL)
3. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
drive path
field replaceable unit (FRU)
file system
4. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.
microcode
Display Mode Key
system file
modem
5. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.
chrominance
User Account Control (UAC)
math coprocessor
LPT2
6. The component that provides power for all components on the motherboard and internal to the PC case. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).
subscriber connector (SC)
capture card
power supply
real-time clock (RTC)
7. Aka analog modem.
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
NIC
dial-up modem
DPMS
8. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.
Reliability and Performance Monitor
magnetic mass storage
UDF
ACL
9. The conversion of data into a special format that cannot be read by anyone unless they have a software key to convert it back into its usable form.
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
encryption
mainboard
network address translation (NAT)
10. Aka access control entry.
LAN
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
hard disk drive
ACE
11. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
100Base-T
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
floppy disk
12. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
EMP
CrossFire
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
13. The first physical sector on a floppy disk or the first sector on a hard drive partition. The boot record contains information about the OS. The boot record on a primary active partition is used to start the operating system. Also called the boot sec
primary partition
peer-to-peer network
encrypted authentication
boot record
14. A drive that can write either to CD-R discs or to specially designed CD-RW discs. In the case of the CD-RW discs - the drive can write more than once to the same portion of disc - overwriting old data.
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
removable storage
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
power supply
15. A subpackaging of a Windows revision that contains the core OS plus a special set of features that is offered as a separate product targeted to a certain type of end user.
edition
regional settings
virus
microprogram
16. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.
workgroup
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
surge suppressor
domain
17. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.
auditing
SONET
hub
Northbridge
18. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
Internet service provider (ISP)
SORIMM
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
19. This attack occurs when a massive number (up to hundreds of thousands) of computers send DoS attacks to a server - making it unavailable.
FireWire
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
cluster
sub-mini audio connector
20. A level of service offered by the telephone companies over a T-carrier circuit that provides full-duplex transmissions at 1.544 Mbps - carrying digital voice - data - or video signals.
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
Internet Protocol (IP)
chipset
T1
21. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.
Bluetooth
digitizing tablet
motherboard
active communication
22. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.
full-duplex
C
grayware
SAS
23. Aka internal cache memory.
L1 cache
rootkit
secondary master
chipset
24. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.
composite video
RAID controller
recently used programs list
expansion card
25. The Internet service that manages access to Internet domain names and the naming system it uses for computers and resources connected to the Internet or in a private network.
Domain Name Service (DNS)
touchpad
DDR3
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
26. A protocol for computer-to-computer (host-to-host) transfer of files over a TCP/IP network - regardless of the operating system in use.
dotted decimal notation
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
PCI
27. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.
SIMM
Internet Protocol (IP)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
drive path
28. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.
address bus
RAID 1
strong password
x86-64
29. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.
mirroring
virus encyclopedia
activation
PAGEFILE.SYS
30. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.
multifunction device (MFD)
drive lock password
DDR3
DVI
31. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually
drive-by download
loopback plug
registration
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
32. A computer that is not connected to a network of any kind.
dial-up
stand-alone computer
access control entry (ACE)
multiplexing
33. Aka electronic KVM switch.
DisplayPort
active KVM switch
VGA
central processing unit (CPU)
34. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.
Program Compatibility Wizard
subtree
authentication
ATX power supply
35. A wireless mode requiring a wireless access point (WAP).
IP router
radio frequency (RF)
dual-core CPU
infrastructure mode
36. Aka World Wide Web.
Type III
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
WWW
liquid cooling system
37. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.
digital signature
T-carrier system
network interface card (NIC)
device driver
38. 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.
RJ-45
I/O
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
base priority level
39. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
MAC
interrupt request line (IRQ)
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
compact disc (CD)
40. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
network client
optical drive
UPS
system board
41. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
swap file
Audit Policy
OCR
42. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.
RF
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Reliability and Performance Monitor
HDD
43. Aka Ethernet.
Disable Automatic Restart
10Base-T
power supply unit (PSU)
IEEE 1284
44. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.
DoS Attack
writing
Disable Automatic Restart
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
45. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.
mainboard
beam-on-blade connector
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
sub-mini audio connector
46. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
PS/2
pop-up download
Mini PCI
SAS
47. On a cable network - the device used at the customer site for the analog/digital conversion.
pin-out
sub-mini audio connector
SAS
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
48. A type of display device that includes a touch-sensitive face to accept input from the user.
touch screen
Northbridge
10Base-T
channel service unit (CSU)
49. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.
FAT
Windows Explorer
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
50. Introduced in 1993 - the most common expansion bus architecture in PCs in the mid 1990s. It transfers data in parallel over a data bus that is either 32- or 64-bits wide.
special group
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
SIMM
field replaceable unit (FRU)
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