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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c






2. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat






3. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






4. An Advanced Options choice that will temporarily disable the Automatically Restart option on the Advanced page of System Properties.






5. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).






6. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.






7. 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.






8. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to






9. A type of RIMM memory module used in laptops.






10. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.






11. A pointing device built into some laptop keyboards. It appears to be a very tiny joystick-type button that barely protrudes above the level of the keys.






12. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.






13. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.






14. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.






15. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






16. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






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






18. Aka Fast Ethernet.






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






20. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.






21. Aka Advanced Technology.






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






23. Aka optical character recognition.






24. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






25. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.






26. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.






27. Aka adapter card.






28. 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.






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






30. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.






31. Aka super video graphics array.






32. 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.






33. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






34. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.






35. Aka thumb drive.






36. Aka point-to-point protocol.






37. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






38. Aka expansion bus.






39. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.






40. Aka Ethernet.






41. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






42. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.






43. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.






44. 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.






45. Aka random access memory.






46. A virus that gains access to a computer by masquerading as a harmless program that a user innocently installs on the computer.






47. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.






48. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.






49. Signals broadcast through the air.






50. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.