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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A drive that can write either to CD-R discs or to specially designed CD-RW discs. In the case of the CD-RW discs - the drive can write more than once to the same portion of disc - overwriting old data.






2. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the image is removed from the photosensitive drum so it can accept the next image.






3. 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.






4. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.






5. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.






6. Aka Post Office Protocol.






7. A bundle of patches or updates released periodically by a software publisher.






8. 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.






9. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






10. A pixel that is permanently turned on - causing the pixel to show constantly as red - green - or blue. Also called a stuck pixel.






11. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.






12. The use of two or more video adapters (hence the term "GPU") to drive a single display for the purpose of increasing performance.






13. 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.






14. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).






15. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.






16. A version of the FAT file system used by hard drives and some flash drives (thumb drives - etc.) - using a 32-bit file allocation table.






17. Aka video RAM.






18. Malware that hides itself from detection by antimalware programs; it is installed on a computer by someone who has privileged access to the computer.






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






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






21. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.






22. Aka security auditing.






23. 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."






24. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.






25. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to toggle the laptop's speaker on and off. The SPEAKER ON/OFF key is usually one of the standard function keys - such as F3 - that displays a speaker symbol.






26. The fine copper lines that are the electronic circuits through which power - data - and control signals travel on a circuit board.






27. An installation of Windows that is not automated - where the user is required to pay attention throughout the entire process to provide information and to respond to messages. Also called a manual installation.






28. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






29. Aka optical character recognition.






30. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.






31. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






32. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.






33. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p






34. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.






35. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.






36. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.






37. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






38. Memory chips that use a special Rambus channel that has a data transfer rate of 800 MHz. A double channel width results in a 1.6 GHz data transfer. RDRAM sticks use special RIMM slots.






39. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.






40. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.






41. The default Windows file system that includes many important features - including encryption and permissions.






42. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.






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






44. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.






45. Microsoft's product activation program.






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






47. A type of memory checking in which every eight-bit byte of data is accompanied by a ninth bit (the parity bit) - which is used to determine the presence of errors in the data. The two types of parity are odd and even.






48. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






49. A mode for parallel ports that allows access to special features in the PC called DMA channels. This mode is approximately ten times faster than regular bidirectional mode and is designed for printers and scanners.






50. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.