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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






2. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.






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






4. A double-sided - double-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 17.08 GB of data - or over eight hours of video.






5. Aka Advanced Communications Riser.






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






7. Aka digitizing tablet.






8. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






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






10. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






11. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






12. Aka digital linear tape.






13. A parallel port mode in which the signals can be transmitted in both directions between the PC and parallel devices connected to the computer.






14. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






15. 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.






16. Aka PCIe.






17. A computer that is not connected to a network of any kind.






18. A Windows service designed to allow a user to invite someone to help troubleshoot a problem.






19. The primary input device for a PDA - shaped like a pen and used to press small keys on a keypad - tap the screen to select items - or write data on the screen.






20. Aka thread.






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






22. An LCD display that accepts a digital signal. Early LCD displays accepted an analog signal and converted it to digital internally.






23. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.






24. Introduced in 1993 - the most common expansion bus architecture in PCs in the mid 1990s. It transfers data in parallel over a data bus that is either 32- or 64-bits wide.






25. A connector used to attach coaxial cables to computers and network equipment. Origin of the term may be "Bayonet-Neill-Concelman" or "British Naval Connector."






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 riser card that is similar to audio modem riser (AMR) except that it is plug and play-compatible and supports LANs in addition to audio - modem - and sound.






28. 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.






29. The utility to use when doing a single data and settings transfer to a new Windows Vista computer from one running Windows XP or Windows Vista.






30. Aka internal cache memory.






31. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






32. A 25-pin D-shell connector.






33. Aka power-on self-test.






34. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.






35. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.






36. Aka distributed denial of service attack.






37. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.






38. A device - usually resembling a power strip - that protects equipment from power surges.






39. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along






40. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.






41. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).






42. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -






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






44. The information transfer protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). Included in HTTP are the commands Web browsers use to request Web pages from Web servers and then display them on the screen of the local computer.






45. A socket for a PGA CPU that has a retention lever as well as contacts to match the number of pins on the CPU. The lever is used to attach the CPU to the socket in a manner that does not require force to insert or to remove the CPU.






46. Aka MSCONFIG.






47. 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






48. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.






49. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).






50. Circuitry in a PC on an adapter card - or directly on the motherboard - that controls the output from the PC to the display device.