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Comptia A + Certification

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






2. 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.






3. Aka systray.






4. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.






5. 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.






6. Aka Advanced Technology.






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






8. 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






9. A set of behaviors for the workplace that includes how you interact with people and how you treat property.






10. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






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






12. A connection over a wide area network.






13. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters






14. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






15. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.






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






17. 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






18. A special modifier key on a laptop keyboard that when pressed together with certain alphanumeric keys - changes the output of the pressed key. It is often called the function key.






19. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c






20. An Intel standard for starting up a computer over the network - without relying on a disk-based operating system. Used to install a new operating system or run diagnostics software.






21. A network connection over long distances - traditionally using phone lines or satellite communications.






22. Aka communication network riser.






23. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.






24. Aka root key.






25. Aka musical instrument digital interface.






26. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






27. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






28. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.






29. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.






30. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.






31. A way to monitor security-related events.






32. A network connection device at the core of a wireless network.






33. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.






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






35. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.






36. Aka paging file.






37. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat






38. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






39. A WAN connection that uses an analog modem rather than a network card and uses standard phone cables rather than network cables.






40. Slang for motherboard.






41. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b






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






43. 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.






44. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






45. Aka arithmetic logic unit.






46. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the Intel 32-bit x86 specification. Also referred to as 32-bit.






47. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.






48. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.






49. Aka point-to-point protocol.






50. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.