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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A firewall service that inspects (or filters) each packet that enters or leaves the network - applying a set of security rules defined by a network administrator - and not allowing packets that fail inspection to pass between networks.






2. Aka PCIe.






3. Aka nickel metal hydride.






4. Aka liquid crystal display.






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






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






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






8. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.






9. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.






10. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.






11. Another name for a motherboard in a laptop.






12. A user interface that takes advantage of the video system's graphics capabilities for manipulated graphic elements that represent objects and tasks.






13. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.






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






15. Aka routing information protocol.






16. 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).






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






18. A string of characters that a user enters - along with an identifier - such as a user name - in order to be authenticated.






19. An improved version of WPA that does not support older network cards and offers both secure authentication and data encryption. It uses EAP for a variety of authentication methods






20. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.






21. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.






22. Aka virtual file allocation table.






23. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.






24. A digital video interface that has several modes - including one that offers downward compatibility with analog displays. It requires a special connector - which comes in several variations to support the DVI modes.






25. In fiber-optics - a single light wave passing down a cable.






26. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.






27. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.






28. Aka antistatic mat.






29. 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.






30. Aka second-level domain.






31. Aka pointing stick.






32. In the laser printer - the heated rollers that fuse the toner to the paper.






33. The read-only DVD discs sold at retail stores - containing video or software and having a maximum capacity of 15.9 GB of data. This term also applies to the drives that can only read DVDs.






34. Aka central processing unit.






35. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have






36. A device that records video content to disk.






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






38. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






39. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.






40. On a cable network - the device used at the customer site for the analog/digital conversion.






41. A drive that can be safely installed and removed while a computer is up and running without damaging the data stored on the drive.






42. The utility to use when doing a single data and settings transfer to a new Windows Vista computer from one running Windows XP or Windows Vista.






43. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






44. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second






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






46. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






47. A part of the NTFS file system used to store a transaction-based database - with all file accesses treated as transactions - and if a transaction is not complete - NTFS will roll back to the last successful transaction.






48. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.






49. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






50. The code used to provide multiple language support to Windows.