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1. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.






2. The worldwide network that carries traditional voice traffic.






3. In networking - the authorization to access a computer or resource on a computer. Specific permission levels include read - change - modify - etc.






4. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).






5. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.






6. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun






7. 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






8. 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






9. The specific requirements for the level of CPU - amount of memory - and size of the hard disk for the computer on which an operating system can be installed.






10. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.






11. 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.






12. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.






13. The early standard developed by PCMCIA for credit-card-sized devices used in laptops.






14. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.






15. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.






16. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.






17. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






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






19. Aka security auditing.






20. Aka power-on self-test.






21. Aka secure socket layer.






22. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






23. An Intel standard for motherboards targeted to the low-end consumer market that includes built-in components - while saving space and fitting into a smaller case.






24. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






25. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.






26. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.






27. Unsolicited e-mail.






28. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.






29. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.






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






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






32. Aka nickel-cadmium.






33. Aka liquid crystal display.






34. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network






35. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.






36. A process that runs "behind the scenes" with a low priority - does not require input - and rarely creates output.






37. Aka hacker.






38. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the second parallel port.






39. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.






40. A type of printer that uses solid - rather than liquid - ink.






41. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.






42. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.






43. 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.






44. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.






45. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.






46. Data communications over the cellular telecommunications networks.






47. 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.






48. Aka internal cache memory.






49. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.






50. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.







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