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1. Aka thermal compound.






2. The circuit board in a computer to which all other components directly or indirectly connect. Also called a mainboard - system board - mobo - or planar board.






3. The process that authenticates a user and verifies the user account's level of access to a resource.






4. Aka nickel-cadmium.






5. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.






6. A DVD drive that cannot write to but can read DVD discs.






7. 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.






8. Aka digital linear tape.






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






10. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.






11. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.






12. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.






13. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.






14. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.






15. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






16. A subpackaging of a Windows revision that contains the core OS plus a special set of features that is offered as a separate product targeted to a certain type of end user.






17. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






18. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.






19. Aka single inline memory module.






20. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






21. 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.






22. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).






23. Aka Small Computer System Interface.






24. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.






25. Aka DDR3 SDRAM.






26. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






31. The number of colors used by a display.






32. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.






33. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.






34. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.






35. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.






36. A power supply that only accepts one input power voltage.






37. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.






38. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.






39. A menu that opens from the Start button on the taskbar.






40. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b






41. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that traces the route taken by packets to a destination.






42. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.






43. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






44. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






45. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.






46. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.






47. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.






48. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.






49. Aka digitizing tablet.






50. Program code that provides a way for someone to gain access to a computer while bypassing security. Only a person who knows how the back door works can use it - but once in - that individual has the same access as the host program to all the internal







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