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1. A utility in Windows NT for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






2. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.






3. A shared folder on a distribution server containing the source files for a remote installation.






4. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre






5. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.






6. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).






7. An EIDE drive setting that has the system select the drive's role (master or slave) based on the drive's position on the cable. If the drive is on the end of the cable - it is the master drive - and if it is in the middle of the cable - it is the sla






8. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.






9. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.






10. Aka Address Resolution Protocol.






11. Aka time to live.






12. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.






13. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






14. A disk type introduced with Windows 2000 that contains space allocated in volumes without the limits imposed on basic disks. On a dynamic disk - the number of volumes are unlimited - and a volume can extend to include available space on any hard disk






15. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou






16. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.






17. Aka input/output.






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






19. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.






20. Aka interrupt request line.






21. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.






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






23. A portion of a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and such I/O busses as USB - IDE - PS2 - SATA - and others.






24. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.






25. Aka uniqueness database file.






26. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.






27. 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.






28. The box that houses the main computer system.






29. Aka low-voltage differential.






30. A common connector used to connect a power supply to internal peripherals.






31. Microsoft's product activation program.






32. Aka analog modem.






33. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.






34. The primary control device for a computer system. The CPU is simply a chip containing a set of components that manages all the activities. Also called a processor.






35. A T-1 multiplexer or a special LAN bridge that connects to the telephone company's channel service unit (CSU) - which encodes data for transmission over a T-carrier circuit.






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






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






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






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






40. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.






41. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).






42. 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






43. Showing consideration for others.






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






45. A more advanced and more expensive alternative to a port replicator. In addition to the ports normally found on a port replicator - a docking station may include full-size expansion slots and drives.






46. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.






47. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.






48. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.






49. A Web browser created by Microsoft.






50. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.







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