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Comptia A + Certification
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1. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.
IEC-320 connector
drive path
vertical hold
virtual private network (VPN)
2. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.
CSU
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
digital versatile disc (DVD)
3. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.
keystroke logger
single inline memory module (SIMM)
S/PDIF
I/O address
4. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice that restores a group of registry keys containing system settings such as services and drivers. These are the last settings that worked - and you have only a narrow window of opportunity to use Last Known Good
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
power supply unit (PSU)
Last Known Good Configuration
firewall
5. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
plug and play (PnP)
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
System Monitor
Internet service provider (ISP)
6. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.
format
RGB video
Y
S/PDIF
7. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
FAT12
DoS Attack
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
molex connector
8. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
gadget
power supply tester
DMZ
HTTP
9. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.
auditing
primary corona wire
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
APIPA
10. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
dialer
active speaking
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
multimeter
11. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data
virtual private network (VPN)
WPA2
emergency repair disk (ERD)
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
12. The traditional wired telephone network.
virtual circuit (VC)
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
BTX
network address translation (NAT)
13. Aka Advanced Power Management.
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
ACPI
APM
14. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
Remote Desktop
thermal compound
unattended installation
15. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically
virus
NETSTAT
64-bit
DC Controller
16. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.
super video graphics array (SVGA)
docking station
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
17. 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.
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
server
dynamic storage
inactive KVM switch
18. A protocol for computer-to-computer (host-to-host) transfer of files over a TCP/IP network - regardless of the operating system in use.
ERD
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
ATX
graphical processing unit (GPU)
19. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
monitor
compact disc (CD)
industry standard architecture (ISA)
20. 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.
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
embedded systems
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
21. Aka optical character recognition.
OCR
registered jack (RJ)
recently used programs list
media bay
22. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.
User Account Control (UAC)
Display Brightness Key
DDR1
UXGA
23. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.
port
BTX
degaussing
authentication
24. Aka fast page mode.
Mini PCI
volts
802.11n
FPM
25. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.
reactivate
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
wireless access point (WAP)
64-bit
26. The act of safely installing/uninstalling or attaching/removing a device while a computer is up and running.
alternating current
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
back door
hot swapping
27. A group of features in the system BIOS - the chipset - the operating system - device drivers - and the individual components that enable efficient use of power in a computer.
EPP
power management
Level 3 (L3) cache
fast page mode (FPM)
28. Aka thumb drive.
flash drive
removable storage
expansion card
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
29. 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 -
voltage regulator module (VRM)
Trojan horse
social engineering
striping with interleave parity
30. An Advanced Options choice that will temporarily disable the Automatically Restart option on the Advanced page of System Properties.
edition
port
thread of execution
Disable Automatic Restart
31. Aka paging file.
swap file
Reliability and Performance Monitor
x86-64
PCI
32. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024
shared video memory
memory controller chip (MCC)
random access memory (RAM)
display resolution
33. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the second parallel port.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
value entry
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
LPT2
34. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the Intel 32-bit x86 specification. Also referred to as 32-bit.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
chipset
x86
ACPI
35. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
terminal
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
input/out (I/O)
PAGEFILE.SYS
36. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.
Wi-Fi
archive attribute
horizontal position
striping with interleave parity
37. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.
mounted drive
Media Access Control (MAC) address
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
permission
38. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.
RAID 5
grayware
magnetic mass storage
impact printer
39. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.
smart card reader
volatile
PCI
DisplayPort
40. A parallel port mode that has the same performance as ECP but is used with parallel devices other than printers and scanners.
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
capacity
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
IEEE
41. Aka file allocation table.
FAT table
System Configuration Utility
encryption
MSINFO32.EXE
42. Aka super video graphics array.
Southbridge
denial of service (DoS) attack
SVGA
local area network (LAN)
43. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.
beam-on-blade connector
NLX
CD-ROM
heat sink
44. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.
WWW
active matrix display
active communication
Color Quality
45. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
OCR
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
active listening
46. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
master boot record (MBR)
ATM
touchpad
47. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.
SLI
MSCONFIG
default gateway
VGA
48. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.
RDRAM
CRT
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
boot record
49. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.
computer platform
encrypted authentication
NetBIOS
Web browser
50. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.
IP router
transport layer security (TLS)
extension magnet
access control list (ACL)
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