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Comptia A + Certification

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






2. In the Windows registry - a folder that may contain one or more sets of settings as well as other keys.






3. Aka digital subscriber line.






4. An address that a DHCP client will assign to itself after requesting an address and failing to receive one from a DHCP server. The address it will assign is in the 169.254 /16 network - which is the range of addresses from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.






5. 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.






6. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.






7. A generic reference to a PC's serial communications port - in which the x represents the port number.






8. 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






9. Aka network interface card.






10. Aka virtual circuit.






11. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.






12. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






13. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).






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






15. Aka secure socket layer.






16. A device that records video content to disk.






17. Aka electromagnetic pulse.






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






19. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






20. Aka floppy disk drive.






21. 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.






22. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.






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






24. Aka floating-point unit.






25. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.






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






27. The traditional wired telephone network.






28. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






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






30. 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.






31. A type of display device that includes a touch-sensitive face to accept input from the user.






32. This GUI utility will display a system summary of the hardware - operating system - and other software.






33. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






34. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.






35. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.






36. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






37. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.






38. A program that causes a modem to dial phone numbers surreptitiously.






39. Aka digital linear tape.






40. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.






41. Aka American National Standards Institute.






42. Aka process priority level.






43. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






44. In a CPU - the component that is primarily responsible for directing all the activities of the computer and the interactions of its components.






45. A motherboard form factor introduced in 2003 by Intel as the successor to ATX.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.






50. Memory that is accessible in any (random) order. Most of the memory in a PC is RAM.