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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka Fast Ethernet.






2. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the second channel.






3. Aka parts grabber.






4. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






5. Aka Ethernet.






6. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.






7. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).






8. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.






9. 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.






10. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.






11. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize up to 4 GB of address space.






12. Aka Integrated Drive Electronics.






13. Aka point-to-point protocol.






14. Aka Microsoft Management Console.






15. Aka thumb drive.






16. In a laser printer - a high-intensity lamp that - when shone on a portion of the electro-photosensitive drum - removes any remaining charge on that portion of the drum.






17. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.






18. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.






19. One of the main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - IP manages logical addressing of network packets so routing protocols can route the packets over the network.






20. 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.






21. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.






22. A round connector that gets its name from Deutsche Industrie Norm - a German standards organization. Normally a round connector with a circular or semicircle of pins.






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






24. 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






25. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.






26. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.






27. 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).






28. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.






29. Slang for motherboard.






30. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives






31. The number of colors used by a display.






32. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






33. Aka internal cache memory.






34. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.






35. The location where a cable attaches to a computer. Alternatively - a connector on a motherboard for memory - CPUs - power - or other circuitry.






36. An organization that creates specifications for infrared wireless communication.






37. Aka top-level domain.






38. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






39. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






40. A tool for testing if a cable can connect properly end-to-end and to determine if a cable has a short. These tools are available for a variety of cable types.






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






42. Aka Advanced Technology.






43. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






44. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






45. The use of a biometric for authentication.






46. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.






47. Aka floating-point unit.






48. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.






49. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.






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