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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A Windows service that allows a user to connect remotely to a computer and run the Windows desktop on the remote computer - but have the same access as if logged on to the computer and its local network.






2. Aka dynamic RAM.






3. Aka thermal compound.






4. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan






5. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.






6. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.






7. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.






8. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals






9. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.






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






11. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.






12. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.






13. Aka antistatic mat.






14. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.






15. Aka Post Office Protocol.






16. In the laser printing process - a blade that removes residual toner from the drum.






17. Aka liquid crystal display.






18. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






19. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."






20. Aka adapter card.






21. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






22. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.






23. Aka demilitarized zone.






24. The area at the beginning of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. This area contains the boot record - FAT table - and root directory.






25. A WAN connection that uses an analog modem rather than a network card and uses standard phone cables rather than network cables.






26. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by






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






28. Aka Advanced Communications Riser.






29. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.






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






31. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






32. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.






33. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.






34. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.






35. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.






36. Aka RAID 5.






37. Aka permanent virtual circuit.






38. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






39. 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






40. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






41. A TCP/IP protocol developed as a solution to the dwindling number of IP addresses on the Internet and that also serves to hide IP addresses on a private network from the Internet.






42. Aka top-level domain.






43. Aka customer premises equipment.






44. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.






45. Aka uninterruptible power supply.






46. 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.






47. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






48. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.






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






50. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk