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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A mark on a building created by a war driver to specify where a hotspot exists. People "in the know" look for these marks to identify hotspots for their use.






2. One of several groups that no user can create or modify. The membership of a special group is predefined - and it is available to you only when you assign permissions or rights. A few important special groups are Creator Owner - System - and Everyone






3. 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.






4. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.






5. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).






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






7. 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






8. A group of wires used to identify addresses in main system memory in a computer. The number of wires in an address bus is called the width of the bus and determines the number of unique memory locations that can be addressed using binary math with th






9. Aka Domain Name Service.






10. A cooling fan mounted directly on the case - as opposed to a power supply fan - which is inside the power supply.






11. Aka network address translation.






12. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.






13. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.






14. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.






15. A socket for a PGA CPU that has a retention lever as well as contacts to match the number of pins on the CPU. The lever is used to attach the CPU to the socket in a manner that does not require force to insert or to remove the CPU.






16. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






17. A portable computer small enough to fit in your hand - also referred to as a "palmtop" computer. Because it is so small - a PDA does not have the functionality of a laptop or desktop computer. In other words - a typical PDA allows you to perform only






18. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






19. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat






20. Data storage technology with no moving mechanical parts that uses large-capacity - nonvolatile memory - commonly calledflash memory or solid-state drives.






21. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






22. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






23. A motherboard form factor introduced in 2003 by Intel as the successor to ATX.






24. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.






25. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.






26. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






27. Aka thermal compound.






28. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






29. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).






30. The default Windows file system that includes many important features - including encryption and permissions.






31. A computer (or dedicated device) that sits between a private network and an untrusted network and examines all traffic in and out of the network it is protecting. It will block any traffic it recognizes as a potential threat - using a variety of tech






32. The graphical Internet consisting of a vast array of documents located on millions of specialized servers worldwide. The documents are created using HTML and other specialized languages - and transferred from servers to client computers using HTTP an






33. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






34. 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.






35. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.






36. Aka External Serial ATA.






37. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






38. A Windows wizard that sets options for starting and running a specific old program that will not otherwise run properly in Windows.






39. The first physical sector on a hard disk - which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table.






40. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.






41. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize up to 4 GB of address space.






42. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.






43. Aka thermal compound.






44. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.






45. In Windows Vista - a vertical bar found by default on the right side of the desktop. Here - you will find gadgets and mini-programs.






46. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.






47. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.






48. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the image is removed from the photosensitive drum so it can accept the next image.






49. An installation of Windows that is not automated - where the user is required to pay attention throughout the entire process to provide information and to respond to messages. Also called a manual installation.






50. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.