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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A type of printer that uses solid - rather than liquid - ink.






2. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.






3. A portable computer small enough to fit in your hand - also referred to as a "palmtop" computer. Because it is so small - a PDA does not have the functionality of a laptop or desktop computer. In other words - a typical PDA allows you to perform only






4. The amount of data that can travel over a network at a given time.






5. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.






6. 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.






7. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.






8. Aka display power-management signaling.






9. Aka plain-old telephone service.






10. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.






11. A coherent and concentrated light beam - also simply called a laser.






12. The act of moving through a neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot - using either a laptop equipped with Wi-Fi wireless network capability or a simple Wi-Fi sensor available for a few dollars from many sources. War drivers are searching for open hotspo






13. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.






14. Aka thermal compound.






15. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.






16. A single-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 4.7 GB of data - or over two hours of video.






17. Data storage technology with no moving mechanical parts that uses large-capacity - nonvolatile memory - commonly calledflash memory or solid-state drives.






18. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually






19. 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.






20. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.






21. The portion of the chipset that controls communications between the CPU and system RAM.






22. In a disk drive - the rotating shaft used to spin the disks.






23. A string of characters that a user enters - along with an identifier - such as a user name - in order to be authenticated.






24. Microsoft's product activation program.






25. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.






26. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






27. 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.






28. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






29. 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.






30. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.






31. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).






32. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.






33. A disk type introduced with Windows 2000 that contains space allocated in volumes without the limits imposed on basic disks. On a dynamic disk - the number of volumes are unlimited - and a volume can extend to include available space on any hard disk






34. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.






35. This attack occurs when a massive number (up to hundreds of thousands) of computers send DoS attacks to a server - making it unavailable.






36. Aka dual inline memory module (DIMM).






37. Aka Fast Ethernet.






38. Aka World Wide Web.






39. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.






40. Aka paging file.






41. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.






42. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.






43. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives






44. A Web browser created by Microsoft.






45. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.






46. A Windows wizard that sets options for starting and running a specific old program that will not otherwise run properly in Windows.






47. A device that records video content to disk.






48. 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.






49. A pointing device - often built into a laptop - which is a smooth rectangular panel over which you move your finger to move the pointer on the display.






50. Aka motherboard.