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Comptia A + Certification
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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
ISP
Safe Mode
power supply
dynamic storage
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.
P412V
Bluetooth
client/server-based network
encrypted authentication
3. An Advanced Options choice that will temporarily disable the Automatically Restart option on the Advanced page of System Properties.
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
Disable Automatic Restart
4. A power-usage level.
network address translation (NAT)
power state
FPU
share
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.
Safe Mode
notification area
DLP
DIP switch
6. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.
swap file
touchpad
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
spim
7. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.
Internet Explorer (IE)
ACT
mount point
spim
8. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.
LAN
mirroring
S/PDIF
Internet service provider (ISP)
9. Aka compact disc.
expansion card
degaussing
CD
1000Base-T
10. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.
volatile
twisted-pair cable
field replaceable unit (FRU)
T-carrier system
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.
SGRAM
AGP
primary corona wire
LPT2
12. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
chrominance
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
13. Sony-Philips digital interface format
S/PDIF
DVD-Video
Advanced Power Management (APM)
PCI-E
14. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.
traces
system area
Gigabit Ethernet
modding
15. Aka communication network riser.
portable computer
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
RAID 1
CNR
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).
digitizing tablet
DVD-ROM
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
ad hoc mode
17. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.
1000Base-T
infrastructure mode
MicroDIMM
AC
18. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.
distribution server
OCR
luminance
version
19. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
virtual private network (VPN)
parallel port
social engineering
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
20. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DDR1
8-bit high color
intranet
DB-25
21. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
WEP
RF
tact
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
22. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.
10Base-T
IEEE 1284
display
Media Access Control (MAC) address
23. Aka display power-management signaling.
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
planar board
DPMS
serial ATA (SATA)
24. Showing consideration for others.
DB-25
digitizing tablet
network address translation (NAT)
tact
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.
KVM switch
internal cache memory
process priority level
SD Card
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
Reliability and Performance Monitor
drive-by download
FAT32
pop-up blocker
27. A program that causes a modem to dial phone numbers surreptitiously.
DIP switch
dialer
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
DVD-Data discs
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.
fast page mode (FPM)
bandwidth
secure socket layer (SSL)
cookies
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.
inverter
chrominance
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
plug and play (PnP)
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
input/out (I/O)
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
Enable VGA Mode
CPU fan
31. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
drive lock password
Last Known Good Configuration
grayware
32. Aka digitizing tablet.
share
graphics tablet
NetBEUI
Encrypting File System (EFS)
33. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.
mass storage device
jargon
SRAM
system area
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.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
flash BIOS
CompactFlash
port replicator
35. Aka interrupt request line.
monitor
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
ECP
IRQ
36. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.
power-on self-test (POST)
electro-photosensitive drum
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
ExpressCard
37. Unsolicited e-mail.
primary slave
spam
antistatic wrist strap
war driving
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
EPP
POST card
jargon
writing
39. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.
central processing unit (CPU)
unattended installation
thermal printer
EMP
40. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
cable select
SRAM
TrackPoint
41. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.
MSCONFIG
TWAIN
writing
Return To OS Choices menu
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
top-level domain (TLD)
TWAIN
LAN
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
43. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.
access control entry (ACE)
UXGA
pop-up blocker
card services
44. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.
EIDE
direct current (DC)
media bay
laser printer
45. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.
secondary slave
pin grid array (PGA)
Safe Mode With Networking
soft power
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
expansion bus
SRAM
fixed input power supply
odd parity
47. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
remote KVM switch
mount point
DB-9
second-level domain (SLD)
48. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.
grayware
mirroring
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
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
LCD
RJ-45
special group
Quick Launch bar
50. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
system attribute
digitizer
background process
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