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Comptia A + Certification
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1. An area of a physical hard disk that defines space that will be used for logical drives.. (v.) To define the space to be used for logical drives using a special program - such as the Windows Setup program.
master boot record (MBR)
Start Windows Normally
partition
serial ATA (SATA)
2. Local area networking using radio waves - with the most common based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards (802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - and 802.11n).
power supply tester
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
fixed input power supply
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
3. A Windows program that launches Internet Explorer and connects to the Windows Update Website.
HDMI
extending extractor
Safe Mode With Networking
Windows Update
4. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.
Internet
dialer
FAT
root key
5. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.
modding
network operating system (NOS)
lit pixel
SVGA
6. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk
laser printer
Foreign
Fast Ethernet
NIC
7. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
Domain Name Service (DNS)
Mini PCI
vertical position
HD-DVD
8. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.
file
Internet service provider (ISP)
personal firewall
master file table (MFT)
9. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.
Post Office Protocol (POP)
DVD-9
Bubble Jet
bar code reader
10. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.
ISDN
NTFS permissions
secure attention sequence (SAS)
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
11. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.
WRAM
analog modem
distribution share
smart phone
12. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
RIP
DIMM
hyper threading
13. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.
optical drive
hidden attribute
metropolitan area network (MAN)
touchpad
14. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to
DB-25
driver signing
root directory
DVI
15. 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
touch screen
local KVM switch
SLI
primary partition
16. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.
microcode
thread of execution
pinned items list
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
17. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.
ECC
CardBus
MAC
port replicator
18. One of many low-level instructions built into the control unit of a CPU. Also called a microprogram.
microcode
communication network riser (CNR)
read-only memory (ROM)
firmware
19. A protocol that allows routers to update their list of routes dynamically. RIP dates to the 1980s and is considered obsolete; even though - it has been updated a few times and is still supported by most routers.
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
ACPI
routing information protocol (RIP)
SRAM
20. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -
double-sided (DS) DVD
analog modem
voltage regulator module (VRM)
UPS
21. Any power supply that provides high voltage - such as those in laser printers and CRTs.
S-Video
CD-R (CD-Record)
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
22. Aka point-to-point protocol.
PPP
unattended installation
virtual circuit (VC)
FireWire
23. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals
RGB video
POTS
EPP
terminal
24. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
DPMS
PPTP
Disable Automatic Restart
card services
25. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.
HD-DVD
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
DB-25
USB
26. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object
background process
shortcut
ECC
IEC-320 connector
27. In an IP packet - a value field that shows how many routers the packet can cross before being discarded.
time to live (TTL)
dot matrix printer
service pack
DDR2
28. 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.
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
bluesnarfing
primary corona wire
Mini PCI
29. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR standard. Using far less power than DDR1 - a stick of DDR2 SDRAM has 240 pins.
PGA2
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
DDR2 SDRAM
pin-out
30. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 54 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11b.
vertical refresh rate
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
802.11g
case fan
31. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.
multi-monitor
Web browser
SLI
boot sequence
32. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.
SONET
v-hold
EIDE
laptop
33. A power supply that only accepts one input power voltage.
personal firewall
primary partition
fixed input power supply
WINS Server
34. A generic reference to a PC's serial communications port - in which the x represents the port number.
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
Level 1 (L1) cache
cache controller
COMx
35. Aka World Wide Web.
External Serial ATA (eSATA)
address bus
WWW
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
36. A database of all configuration settings in Windows.
secondary master
default gateway
authorization
registry
37. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.
802.11a
video adapter card
cleaning blade
intranet
38. Aka dynamic RAM.
partition type
Start menu
DRAM
mirroring
39. Aka single inline memory module.
SIMM
802.11b
PCI Express
master file table (MFT)
40. The traditional wired telephone network.
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
metropolitan area network (MAN)
proxy server
satellite communications
41. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
wireless access point (WAP)
device driver
expansion card
42. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
root directory
OCR
extending extractor
memory
43. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
recently used programs list
virtual circuit (VC)
Blu-ray disc
biometric
44. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
SAS
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
ad hoc mode
vertical position
45. Aka process priority level.
infrastructure mode
pinned items list
base priority level
internal bus
46. Aka compact disc.
optical drive
NIC
CD
heat sink compound
47. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.
back door
boot record
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
file allocation table (FAT)
48. Aka refresh rate.
vertical refresh rate
SDRAM
thermal printer
AC
49. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
video RAM (VRAM)
Type I
fast page mode (FPM)
50. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
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