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1. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.






2. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second






3. 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.






4. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.






5. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.






6. A service of the operating system on a laptop that detects when a card has been inserted.






7. 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.






8. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.






9. Aka PCIe.






10. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co






11. A CPU power-saving mode that allows a CPU to reduce its speed without losing its place so it does not stop working altogether. SMM also allows the CPU to trigger power saving in other components.






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






13. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.






14. On a motherboard - the type and location of components - as well as the size of the board itself.






15. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.






16. Aka power-on self-test.






17. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.






18. A joke program that produces strange behavior - such as screen distortions - erratic cursor behavior - or strange icons to appear on the screen.






19. A private internetwork.






20. Aka central processing unit.






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






22. Aka musical instrument digital interface.






23. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.






24. An LCD display that uses a DB-15 connector - which means that it accepts analog signals that it converts to digital.






25. 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.






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






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






28. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.






29. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.






30. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.






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






32. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.






33. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.






34. Aka uninterruptible power supply.






35. In the laser printing process - a wire that passes a small positive charge to paper as it travels through the printer. This positive charge attracts the negatively charged toner particles on the drum to the paper.






36. Fiber-optic cable that allows only a single light wave to pass down the cable.






37. Showing consideration for others.






38. A firewall consisting of software that you can install on any computer - as opposed to the software built into a hardware firewall. Also called personal firewalls because they are designed to be installed on individual desktop computers.






39. Aka Advanced Communications Riser.






40. In an IP packet - a value field that shows how many routers the packet can cross before being discarded.






41. Aka floating-point unit.






42. Aka Advanced Technology eXtended.






43. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.






44. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays






45. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






46. 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.






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






48. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






49. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically






50. Aka Small Outline RIMM.






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