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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.






2. An optical semiconductor used in small projectors and in rear-projection televisions.






3. A private internetwork.






4. 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.






5. A parallel port mode that has the same performance as ECP but is used with parallel devices other than printers and scanners.






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






7. A command-line command - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - which provides statistical information about the TCP/IP protocols and network connections involving your computer - depending on the switches you use when you enter the command.






8. A type of riser card that connects directly into a motherboard and adds no additional functionality of its own - but extends the expansion bus and allows expansion cards to be added in a different physical orientation.






9. Aka network address translation.






10. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.






11. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.






12. Aka local area network.






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






14. 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.






15. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.






16. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.






17. 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






18. Aka Address Resolution Protocol.






19. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.






20. Synchronous graphics random access memory is a type of RAM used on video adapters.






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






22. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.






23. A network connection device at the core of a wireless network.






24. Aka pointing stick.






25. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.






26. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).






27. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.






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






29. A finite set of resources controlled by the operating system and critical to the use of all computer components.






30. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).






31. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






32. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.






33. A metal plate behind the front of a CRT monitor that focuses the electron beams from the gun.






34. Aka external cache.






35. Aka IEEE 1394.






36. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






37. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).






38. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






39. Aka wireless access point.






40. 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






41. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.






42. Aka time to live.






43. Unsolicited messages sent over an instant messaging service - such as Windows Messenger.






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






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






46. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.






47. A T-1 multiplexer or a special LAN bridge that connects to the telephone company's channel service unit (CSU) - which encodes data for transmission over a T-carrier circuit.






48. In a disk drive - the rotating shaft used to spin the disks.






49. An assigned channel over which a device can send a signal to the processor to get its attention.






50. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.