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Comptia A + Certification

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1. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






2. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.






3. Aka World Wide Web.






4. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.






5. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.






6. The signal in a television transmission that contains the color of the image.






7. Aka PCIe.






8. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






9. Aka network address translation.






10. The early standard developed by PCMCIA for credit-card-sized devices used in laptops.






11. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.






12. 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.






13. Aka dynamic RAM.






14. Aka demilitarized zone.






15. 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






16. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat






17. The number of colors used by a display.






18. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.






19. Aka solid-state storage.






20. 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






21. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.






22. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.






23. Aka Scalable Link Interface.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. Aka System Information.






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






28. The cellular network standards used by AT&T and T-Mobile.






29. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre






30. A connection over a wide area network.






31. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.






32. A command-line command - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - which provides statistical information about the TCP/IP protocols and network connections involving your computer - depending on the switches you use when you enter the command.






33. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.






34. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.






35. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.






36. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country






37. Aka thumb drive.






38. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.






39. 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.






40. A service implemented on Windows Servers that hides the complexity of the network from end users in that it makes files that are distributed across multiple servers appear as if they are in one place.






41. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.






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






43. Aka parts grabber.






44. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.






45. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.






46. 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.






47. Aka IEEE 1394.






48. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.






49. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






50. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.