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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.






2. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






3. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.






4. The conversion of data into a special format that cannot be read by anyone unless they have a software key to convert it back into its usable form.






5. One of several groups that no user can create or modify. The membership of a special group is predefined - and it is available to you only when you assign permissions or rights. A few important special groups are Creator Owner - System - and Everyone






6. A depressed area on an optical disc that is alternated with raised areas to be interpreted as data.






7. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.






8. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






9. The use of words - often technical and uncommon - that both parties understand in the same way.






10. 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.






11. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






12. A drive on a computer that can play music CDs and read data CDs - but cannot write to CDs.






13. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.






14. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.






15. Aka dual inline memory module (DIMM).






16. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.






17. Aka Advanced Power Management.






18. In fiber-optics - a single light wave passing down a cable.






19. Aka Advanced Technology eXtended.






20. Aka customer premises equipment.






21. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.






22. 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.






23. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and measures 10.5 mm thick.






24. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).






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






26. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.






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






28. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.






29. Aka digital linear tape.






30. In the Windows registry - a folder that may contain one or more sets of settings as well as other keys.






31. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






32. Aka read-only memory.






33. Aka hacker.






34. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.






35. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.






36. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






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






38. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






39. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






40. Aka RAID 5.






41. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.






42. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






43. Slang for motherboard.






44. A firewall service that inspects (or filters) each packet that enters or leaves the network - applying a set of security rules defined by a network administrator - and not allowing packets that fail inspection to pass between networks.






45. Aka RAID 5.






46. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.






47. A word used to describe memory that cannot work without a steady supply of power.






48. 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.






49. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.






50. A device that in its traditional configuration as a local KVM switch connects a single keyboard - video display - and mouse to two or more computer systems - allowing the user to switch control from one computer to another.