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Comptia A + Certification

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1. 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.






2. Aka RAID 5.






3. The area at the beginning of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. This area contains the boot record - FAT table - and root directory.






4. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






5. A way to monitor security-related events.






6. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives






7. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






8. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.






9. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.






10. Aka communication network riser.






11. On a cable network - the device used at the customer site for the analog/digital conversion.






12. Aka process priority level.






13. A server that manages DNS names.






14. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.






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






16. Aka input/output.






17. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have






18. Aka World Wide Web.






19. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.






20. Small text files a Web browser saves on the local hard drive at the request of a Website. Cookies can contain information that will be used the next time the user connects to the Website.






21. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.






22. 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






23. An internal bus in a CPU that connects it to memory and video.






24. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.






25. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






26. Aka S-Video.






27. A utility for migrating data from many computers - or if you need to perform what Microsoft calls a "wipe-and-load migration" from and to the same computer. Available in Windows XP - Vista - and Windows 7.






28. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of






29. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






30. Aka emergency repair disk.






31. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).






32. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.






33. Aka surge protector.






34. One of the two prevailing CPU manufacturers.






35. A device installed at the end of a SCSI chain to absorb signals so they do not bounce back along the cable.






36. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






37. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






38. A rectangular connector with a locking clip on one side and a number designation that refers to the size rather than the number of wires.






39. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






40. A TCP/IP protocol developed as a solution to the dwindling number of IP addresses on the Internet and that also serves to hide IP addresses on a private network from the Internet.






41. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.






42. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.






43. Aka External Serial ATA.






44. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






45. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.






46. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.






47. A program file or some special data file that is part of the operating system and is very important to proper operation of the OS.






48. Aka root key.






49. Aka boot record.






50. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.