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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A display device that contains a cathode ray tube and uses an electron gun to activate phosphors behind the screen at the front of the tub.






2. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.






3. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.






4. A dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.






5. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.






6. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is even.






7. Aka central processing unit.






8. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.






9. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.






10. 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.






11. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






12. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.






13. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.






14. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.






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






16. 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






17. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.






18. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






19. Aka paging file.






20. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






21. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.






22. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.






23. The number of colors used by a display.






24. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.






25. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data






26. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.






27. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






28. Aka thumb drive.






29. Aka secure socket layer.






30. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.






31. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.






32. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.






33. Aka World Wide Web.






34. Aka channel service unit.






35. 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






36. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.






37. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.






38. A key on a laptop that - when pressed along with the FN key - changes the laptop display brightness at the hardware level. On some laptops - when this key combination is pressed - a small brightness control panel will display on the screen. Use the u






39. 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.






40. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.






41. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).






42. Aka continuity RIMM.






43. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






44. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.






45. Aka microcode.






46. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.






47. Slang for motherboard.






48. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.






49. 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.






50. Unsolicited e-mail.