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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka boot record.






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






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






4. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.






5. One or more lights (usually LEDs) on a device that indicate the device's operational status through the color of the light - by blinking or remaining steady or both.






6. Fiber-optic cable in which multiple light waves can pass simultaneously. Usually larger in diameter than single-mode fiber; and each wave uses a certain portion of the fiber cable for transmission.






7. The classic PC serial port that complies with the Recommended Standard-232 (RS-232) in its circuitry - cabling - and connector design - and transfers data one bit at a time.






8. A bundle of patches or updates released periodically by a software publisher.






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






10. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.






11. A socket for a PGA CPU that has a retention lever as well as contacts to match the number of pins on the CPU. The lever is used to attach the CPU to the socket in a manner that does not require force to insert or to remove the CPU.






12. Aka nickel-cadmium.






13. 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).






14. Aka World Wide Web.






15. A set of rules and practices describing how an organization protects and manages sensitive information. A security policy applies to all employees.






16. A Windows sleep mode that uses hard drive space to save all the programs and data that are in memory at the time you choose this mode. The computer then completely shuts down and requires no power while it is hibernating.






17. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.






18. The generic term for a pointing stick.






19. A chip that keeps track of the date and time on a PC. Set the date and time through your operating system or in the BIOS Setup program.






20. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.






21. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.






22. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that is used to troubleshoot DNS problems by querying DNS name servers and displaying the results of the queries.






23. Aka network interface card.






24. Aka wireless access point.






25. Aka root key.






26. Aka Microsoft Management Console.






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






28. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.






29. Aka capture card.






30. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).






31. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes






32. 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






33. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.






34. A connection point on a device or computer - sometimes called a socket.






35. Aka motherboard.






36. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.






37. In regard to Windows operating systems - a version of Windows that is designed to work with a certain manufacturer's equipment.






38. Sony-Philips digital interface format






39. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.






40. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.






41. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.






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






43. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.






44. 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.






45. A network name used to identify a wireless network. Consisting of up to 32 characters - the SSID travels with the messages on the wireless network. All of the wireless devices on a WLAN must use the same SSID in order to communicate.






46. The Microsoft Website from which you can download updates to Windows.






47. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 3.3 millimeters thick.






48. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.






49. Aka microcode.






50. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.