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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An Intel standard for motherboards targeted to the low-end consumer market that includes built-in components - while saving space and fitting into a smaller case.






2. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).






3. In a laser printer - a high-intensity lamp that - when shone on a portion of the electro-photosensitive drum - removes any remaining charge on that portion of the drum.






4. A connector used to attach coaxial cables to computers and network equipment. Origin of the term may be "Bayonet-Neill-Concelman" or "British Naval Connector."






5. Aka central processing unit.






6. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.






7. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.






8. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.






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






10. A perpetrator of malicious software attacks against computers and networks. Also called a cracker.






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






12. 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






13. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - but data cannot be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-R. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






14. The original digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for movies sold at retail.






15. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays






16. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






17. Aka root key.






18. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.






19. 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.






20. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co






21. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.






22. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that traces the route taken by packets to a destination.






23. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.






24. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






25. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.






26. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






27. In telecommunications - a technique that combines multiple messages or signals onto a single transmission channel.






28. Aka software firewall.






29. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.






30. Aka random access memory.






31. A special-purpose computer designed for a certain task and installed within a device.






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






33. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object






34. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






35. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.






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






37. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.






38. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.






39. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.






40. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.






41. A type of KVM switch that controls computers over a distance that is a function of the cabling and protocols it uses. The two types of switches are local remote KVM switch and KVM over IP.






42. A tool used to create and manage a distribution share and various installation images.






43. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.






44. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.






45. 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.






46. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.






47. Microsoft's product activation program.






48. Aka systray.






49. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.






50. Aka virtual circuit.