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Comptia A + Certification

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1. 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.






2. Aka Domain Name Service.






3. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.






4. 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.






5. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.






6. A 3/32-inch audio connector.






7. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.






8. A type of KVM switch that is controlled through a mechanical switch on the box.






9. A private internetwork.






10. An Intel standard for motherboards targeted to the low-end consumer market that includes built-in components - while saving space and fitting into a smaller case.






11. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.






12. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.






13. The use of a biometric for authentication.






14. Aka secure socket layer.






15. A component of a CPU that is responsible for all logical and mathematical operations in the system.






16. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.






17. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.






18. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.






19. Aka communication network riser.






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






21. The conversion of data into a special format that cannot be read by anyone unless they have a software key to convert it back into its usable form.






22. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






23. 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.






24. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.






25. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.






26. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be rewritten to - and data can also be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-RW. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






27. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second






28. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.






29. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.






30. Aka refresh rate.






31. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.






32. A tool for testing if a cable can connect properly end-to-end and to determine if a cable has a short. These tools are available for a variety of cable types.






33. Aka process priority level.






34. An organization that creates standards for laptop computer peripheral devices.






35. Aka Enhanced IDE.






36. Aka surge protector.






37. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.






38. The delivery of electricity (as from a wall outlet) in which the flow of electrons reverses periodically and has alternating positive and negative values.






39. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.






40. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is even.






41. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.






42. Aka random access memory.






43. 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).






44. Aka internal cache memory.






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






46. A partition type on a basic disk that can have only one logical drive assigned to it encompassing the entire partition. This partition type is also the only type of partition on a basic disk that can be marked as active for booting up an operating sy






47. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.






48. Aka digitizing tablet.






49. A computer (or dedicated device) that sits between a private network and an untrusted network and examines all traffic in and out of the network it is protecting. It will block any traffic it recognizes as a potential threat - using a variety of tech






50. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.