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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.






2. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.






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






4. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.






5. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.






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






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






8. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.






9. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.






10. Aka low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).






11. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






12. 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.






13. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.






14. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.






15. Aka distributed denial of service attack.






16. A key on a laptop that is pressed along with the FN key to change display modes so the output will be only to the laptop's display - only to an external display - or simultaneously to both displays. The DISPLAY MODE key is normally a function key - s






17. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov






18. Memory that can only be read and that contains program code. ROM is also called firmware.






19. A version of the FAT file system used by MS-DOS for hard drives - using a 16-bit file allocation table.






20. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.






21. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.






22. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






23. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.






24. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.






25. The number of colors used by a display.






26. A laptop in which the display is an integrated digitizer.






27. One of the main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - IP manages logical addressing of network packets so routing protocols can route the packets over the network.






28. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.






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






30. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.






31. 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.






32. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280






33. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720






34. A joke program that produces strange behavior - such as screen distortions - erratic cursor behavior - or strange icons to appear on the screen.






35. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.






36. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.






37. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






38. 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).






39. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.






40. A video mode that most often consists of a combination of 640






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






42. A DVD of any type that can store data on both sides of the disc.






43. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).






44. A parallel port mode that has the same performance as ECP but is used with parallel devices other than printers and scanners.






45. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.






46. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original






47. Aka error-correcting code.






48. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).






49. Aka hard disk drive.






50. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.