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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.






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






3. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.






4. A virus that is self-replicating.






5. A screen device for video output. Also called a monitor.






6. 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.






7. Aka video graphics array.






8. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.






9. The second version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it supports speeds up to 3.2 Gbps and distances of up to 100 meters.






10. In an access control list - a record containing just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to that account.






11. In the Windows registry - a folder that may contain one or more sets of settings as well as other keys.






12. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.






13. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.






14. Signals broadcast through the air.






15. The black box that appears around an image - such as a widescreen video when it is displayed on a screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio.






16. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






17. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.






18. Aka thumb drive.






19. A CRT video setting - also known at horizontal hold - that holds the image horizontally on the screen.






20. Aka pointing stick.






21. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.






22. Software instructions stored in ROM chips. It exists on most PC components and on the motherboard.






23. 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






24. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.






25. Aka single inline memory module.






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






27. Aka optical character recognition.






28. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.






29. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").






30. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).






31. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.






32. Malware that hides itself from detection by antimalware programs; it is installed on a computer by someone who has privileged access to the computer.






33. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.






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






35. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.






36. Aka Digital Light Processing.






37. Aka power-on self-test.






38. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.






39. A type of switched network used by phone companies.






40. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






41. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.






42. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.






43. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.






44. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.






45. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






46. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.






47. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.






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






49. A set of rules and practices describing how an organization protects and manages sensitive information. A security policy applies to all employees.






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