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Comptia A + Certification
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1. 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
Web browser
riser card
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
logical block address (LBA)
2. A fraudulent method of obtaining personal and financial information through the use of pop-ups or e-mail messages that purport to be from a legitimate organization - such as a bank - credit card company - or retailer.
prank program
phishing
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
3. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
NetBEUI
mounted drive
CD
4. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
EEPROM
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
SXGA
recently used programs list
5. Slang for motherboard.
mobo
microprogram
XGA
SVGA
6. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.
amperes (amps)
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
port
liquid crystal display (LCD)
7. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
I/O
WEP
drive lock password
floating-point unit (FPU)
8. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.
DMA controller
cookies
charging
spam
9. A common connector used to connect a power supply to internal peripherals.
molex connector
MIDI
aspect ratio
DNS
10. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
Intel x86 Specification
volts
optical drive
switch
11. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
math coprocessor
12. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.
Centronics
100Base-T
Telnet
display
13. Aka floppy disk drive.
FDD
PC Card
socket services
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
14. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
ERD
mini-notebook
single inline memory module (SIMM)
15. Aka network address translation.
Y
NAT
Service Set ID (SSID)
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
16. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
watts
Audit Policy
industry standard architecture (ISA)
17. Aka channel service unit.
data migration
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
jumper
CSU
18. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
NetBEUI
LAN
DIP switch
19. Aka digitizing tablet.
AC adapter
customer premises equipment (CPE)
digitizer
VGA Mode
20. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.
error-correcting code (ECC)
DVD-10
boot sequence
ACT
21. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.
Disable Automatic Restart
power management
TrackPoint
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
22. 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.
security policy
tact
MicroDIMM
floating-point unit (FPU)
23. Aka Static RAM.
RFI
SRAM
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
thermal paste
24. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
ATV12V
connector
NSLOOKUP
25. Pertaining to a DVD drive and disc that can store data in two pitted layers on each data side - with each layer having a different reflectivity index.
DB-25
icon
parts grabber
dual layer (DL)
26. Fiber-optic cable in which multiple light waves can pass simultaneously. Usually larger in diameter than single-mode fiber; and each wave uses a certain portion of the fiber cable for transmission.
permission
multimode fiber (MMF)
Type III
System Configuration Utility
27. A square snap coupling for fiber-optic cable - about 2.5 mm wide - used for cable-to-cable connections or to connect cables to network devices. It latches with a push-pull action similar to audio and video jacks.
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
slave drive
subscriber connector (SC)
processor
28. A component of the Windows operating system that resides in a file and is loaded into memory during the kernel loading phase of the Windows startup.
spindle
war driving
802.11g
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
29. A mark on a building created by a war driver to specify where a hotspot exists. People "in the know" look for these marks to identify hotspots for their use.
war chalking
Internet
color depth
1000Base-T
30. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.
bidirectional mode
S/PDIF
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
VESA
31. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.
component video
DHCP
system board
PCI Express
32. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
PCI Express
Display Brightness Key
Internet service provider (ISP)
analog modem
33. Aka digital subscriber line.
DSL
SCSI
mainboard
charging
34. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
NTFS permissions
Fn key
router
Tablet PC
35. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.
CompactFlash
update
I/O
gadget
36. Aka nickel metal hydride.
ACE
NiMH
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
8-bit high color
37. Aka Advanced Technology.
land
Safe Mode With Networking
AT
EPP
38. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.
degaussing
paging file
Preboot eXecution Environment
cleaning blade
39. The cartridge for a laser printer that contains both the medium (toner) and other printing components.
analog modem
virtual private network (VPN)
composite video
toner cartridge
40. A drive interface for EIDE drives that transfers data serially at speeds between 150 MBps and 300 MBps and 6 Gbps - depending on the version of the standard.
background process
Type I
CRIMM
serial ATA (SATA)
41. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.
TLD
I/O
Infrared (IR)
software firewall
42. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.
Type II
cleaning
ATX power supply
MSCONFIG
43. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).
shortcut
ad hoc mode
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
biometric device
44. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
DDR1
trusted platform module (TPM)
SDRAM
45. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.
default gateway
identity theft
mirrored set
cellular WAN
46. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.
mini-DIN-6
spindle
quad-core CPU
DVI-A
47. A component of a CPU that is responsible for all logical and mathematical operations in the system.
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
routing information protocol (RIP)
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
magnetic mass storage
48. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.
video RAM (VRAM)
Fast Ethernet
TCP/IP
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
49. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.
modem
heat sink compound
data migration
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
50. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second
cable tester
clock speed
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
auto-switching power supply
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