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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original






2. A 36-pin connector mounted to a device's parallel interface.






3. The process that authenticates a user and verifies the user account's level of access to a resource.






4. A version of the FAT file system used by hard drives and some flash drives (thumb drives - etc.) - using a 32-bit file allocation table.






5. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.






6. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






7. Aka wireless access point.






8. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.






9. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






10. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.






11. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.






12. Aka security auditing.






13. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






14. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.






15. Aka plain-old telephone service.






16. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.






17. A DVD of any type that can store data on both sides of the disc.






18. A tool used to create and manage a distribution share and various installation images.






19. Aka Universal Serial Bus.






20. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.






21. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. The use of more than one monitor on a single computer.






26. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.






27. A screen device for video output. Also called a monitor.






28. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.






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






30. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice that restores a group of registry keys containing system settings such as services and drivers. These are the last settings that worked - and you have only a narrow window of opportunity to use Last Known Good






31. Aka network address translation.






32. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.






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






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






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






36. A device used with a laptop. The port replicator remains on the desktop with external devices connected to ports on it. A laptop then needs only one connection to the port replicator to have access to the peripherals.






37. A display device that contains a cathode ray tube and uses an electron gun to activate phosphors behind the screen at the front of the tub.






38. A printer that creates printed output line by line.






39. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.






40. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).






41. 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.






42. Any video adapter or monitor that exceeds the VGA standard in resolution and color depth with a maximum resolution of 1600






43. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






44. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.






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






46. A strap designed to discharge static electricity from your body. One end attaches to the wrist - whereas the other end attaches to a grounded object.






47. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.






48. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.






49. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.






50. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.