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Comptia A + Certification
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1. Aka file allocation table.
heat sink
capacity
FAT table
bidirectional mode
2. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
DNS Server
ATX power supply
Reliability and Performance Monitor
3. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.
activation
uniqueness database file (UDF)
Audit Policy
pop-up download
4. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.
electronic KVM switch
mini-DIN-6
Internet
SXGA
5. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.
SCSI controller
S/PDIF
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
C
6. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
SORIMM
SMTP
UPS
7. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.
field replaceable unit (FRU)
cluster
WPA
digital subscriber line (DSL)
8. Aka peripheral component interconnect.
jump drive
PCI
loopback plug
NetBIOS
9. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.
system area
graphical user interface (GUI)
vertical hold
optical character recognition (OCR)
10. 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
media bay
MicroDIMM
PGA2
hyper threading
11. A security service in which authentication credentials are encrypted (user name and password) before transmission over a network.
striping with interleave parity
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
SODIMM
encrypted authentication
12. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.
code signing
amperes (amps)
System Restore
process ID
13. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.
internetwork
IEEE 1394b
DDR
land
14. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.
grounding mat
network operating system (NOS)
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
15. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat
System Restore
NLX
Return To OS Choices menu
Windows Update Website
16. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.
dead pixel
driver signing
front side bus (FSB)
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
17. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
vertical hold
computer platform
IEC-320 connector
18. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
lit pixel
DIP switch
status light indicator
MMC
19. Aka arithmetic logic unit.
EIDE
NIC
PC Card
ALU
20. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.
activation
Northbridge
DIP switch
PS/2
21. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.
domain
cache controller
floppy disk
vertical position
22. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.
EPROM
response time
version
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
23. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.
Enable Low Resolution Video
IEEE
back door
personal area network (PAN)
24. Aka floppy disk drive.
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
portable computer
FDD
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
25. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.
LPT
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
permission
26. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
taskbar
PPTP
dual-core CPU
DDR SDRAM
27. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.
access control list (ACL)
local remote KVM switch
extension magnet
remote KVM switch
28. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.
direct thermal printer
motherboard
Type II
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
29. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
CMOS
OCR
AT
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
30. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.
DVI-D
DVD-10
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Basic Service Set (BSS)
31. Managing access to resources. Access control to computers and network resources involves authentication and authorization.
extending extractor
access control
SODIMM
TLD
32. Aka nickel metal hydride.
NiMH
PPP
rootkit
SAS
33. In networking - this is a set of rules for using network hardware and software. In most discussions about networks - this term is assigned to certain network software components.
IEEE 1394c-2006
IDE
protocol
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
34. 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
front side bus (FSB)
Display Brightness Key
CSU
FSB
35. Aka lit pixel.
DDR2
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
watts
stuck pixel
36. RAM that doubles the rate of speed at which a standard SDRAM can process data. Also called DDR and DDR1. A stick of DDR1 SDRAM has 184 pins.
master boot record (MBR)
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
processor
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
37. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.
PCIe Mini Card
AT
RJ-45
pin grid array (PGA)
38. The Microsoft Website from which you can download updates to Windows.
Windows Update Website
base priority level
CD-R (CD-Record)
synchronous dynamic RAM
39. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.
System Restore
file signature verification
connector
SSL
40. Aka network address translation.
DVI-I
NAT
RDRAM
solid-state storage
41. 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
root directory
uniqueness database file (UDF)
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
loopback plug
42. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.
IPCONFIG
CD-R (CD-Record)
long filename (LFN)
protocol
43. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.
multiplexing
virtual circuit (VC)
LED
digital linear tape (DLT)
44. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.
S/PDIF
volts
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
authentication
45. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.
HDMI
BTX
FAT
64-bit
46. Aka antistatic mat.
grounding mat
mirrored set
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
SLD
47. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.
register
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Performance Monitor
capture card
48. Aka Enhanced IDE.
land
smart card reader
EIDE
Debugging Mode
49. Aka MSCONFIG.
laser printer
peer-to-peer network
System Configuration Utility
edition
50. A wireless mode requiring a wireless access point (WAP).
SGRAM
subkey
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
infrastructure mode
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