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Comptia A + Certification

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1. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.






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






3. 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.






4. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.






5. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.






6. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.






7. Aka Wireless Fidelity.






8. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.






9. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.






10. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.






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






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






13. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.






14. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.






15. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.






16. [1] A device that is the central connecting point of a LAN. A hub is little more than a multiport repeater taking incoming signals on one port and repeating them to all other ports. Ethernet hubs have been largely replaced by Ethernet switches.. [2]






17. Aka error-correcting code.






18. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.






19. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan






20. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






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






22. Aka motherboard.






23. Aka interrupt request line.






24. Aka surge protector.






25. Aka liquid crystal display.






26. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.






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






28. Ultra extended graphics array - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1600






29. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi






30. Aka electronic KVM switch.






31. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.






32. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.






33. 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.






34. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.






35. The third version of the IEEE 1394 standard; it is a departure from the old standards in that it uses Category 5e twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors - combining Ethernet and FireWire.






36. The location where a cable attaches to a computer. Alternatively - a connector on a motherboard for memory - CPUs - power - or other circuitry.






37. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the second parallel port.






38. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).






39. Aka lit pixel.






40. Aka communication network riser.






41. A mode for parallel ports that allows access to special features in the PC called DMA channels. This mode is approximately ten times faster than regular bidirectional mode and is designed for printers and scanners.






42. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.






43. [1] On computer circuit boards - a very tiny slide that indicates two states.. [2] In a network - a network device - much like a hub - except that a switch takes an incoming signal and sends it to only the destination port - avoiding collisions and m






44. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.






45. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.






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






47. A printer that creates printed output line by line.






48. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






49. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.






50. A straight - round connector used to connect fiber-optic cabling to a network device. It has a twist-type coupling.