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1. An area of a physical hard disk that defines space that will be used for logical drives.. (v.) To define the space to be used for logical drives using a special program - such as the Windows Setup program.






2. Local area networking using radio waves - with the most common based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards (802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - and 802.11n).






3. A Windows program that launches Internet Explorer and connects to the Windows Update Website.






4. 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.






5. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.






6. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk






7. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI






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






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






10. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.






11. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.






12. 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.






13. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.






14. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.






18. One of many low-level instructions built into the control unit of a CPU. Also called a microprogram.






19. 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.






20. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -






21. Any power supply that provides high voltage - such as those in laser printers and CRTs.






22. Aka point-to-point protocol.






23. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals






24. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.






25. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.






26. 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






27. In an IP packet - a value field that shows how many routers the packet can cross before being discarded.






28. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






29. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR standard. Using far less power than DDR1 - a stick of DDR2 SDRAM has 240 pins.






30. 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.






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






32. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.






33. A power supply that only accepts one input power voltage.






34. A generic reference to a PC's serial communications port - in which the x represents the port number.






35. Aka World Wide Web.






36. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






37. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.






38. Aka dynamic RAM.






39. Aka single inline memory module.






40. The traditional wired telephone network.






41. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






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






43. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.






44. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.






45. Aka process priority level.






46. Aka compact disc.






47. 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.






48. Aka refresh rate.






49. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.






50. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.







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