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1. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays






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






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






4. A power-usage level.






5. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.






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






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






8. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.






9. Aka compact disc.






10. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.






11. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.






12. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.






13. Sony-Philips digital interface format






14. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.






15. Aka communication network riser.






16. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).






17. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.






18. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.






19. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.






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






21. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.






22. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






23. Aka display power-management signaling.






24. Showing consideration for others.






25. A device that in its traditional configuration as a local KVM switch connects a single keyboard - video display - and mouse to two or more computer systems - allowing the user to switch control from one computer to another.






26. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by






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






28. Small text files a Web browser saves on the local hard drive at the request of a Website. Cookies can contain information that will be used the next time the user connects to the Website.






29. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.






30. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Windows






31. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.






32. Aka digitizing tablet.






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






34. A device used with a laptop. The port replicator remains on the desktop with external devices connected to ports on it. A laptop then needs only one connection to the port replicator to have access to the peripherals.






35. Aka interrupt request line.






36. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.






37. Unsolicited e-mail.






38. In the laser printing process - the step in which the laser beam creates a negative of the image that will eventually appear on the printout. Each place that the laser beam touches loses most of its charge - creating an image - whereas the rest of th






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






40. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.






41. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.






42. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






43. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.






44. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.






45. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.






46. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan






47. A 9-pin D-shell connector.






48. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.






49. One of several groups that no user can create or modify. The membership of a special group is predefined - and it is available to you only when you assign permissions or rights. A few important special groups are Creator Owner - System - and Everyone






50. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.







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