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1. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.






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






3. Aka liquid crystal display.






4. 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.






5. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.






6. Aka audio modem riser.






7. 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.






8. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.






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






10. A Windows service designed to allow a user to invite someone to help troubleshoot a problem.






11. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.






12. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.






13. A parallel interface standard that supports bidirectional communication and transfer rates of up to 2 MBps.






14. Aka thumb drive.






15. A riser card that is similar to audio modem riser (AMR) except that it is plug and play-compatible and supports LANs in addition to audio - modem - and sound.






16. 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






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






18. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.






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






20. Aka nickel metal hydride.






21. Aka second-level domain.






22. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.






23. A CRT video setting - also known at horizontal hold - that holds the image horizontally on the screen.






24. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.






25. Aka central processing unit.






26. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second






27. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.






28. Aka internal cache memory.






29. An LCD display that uses a DB-15 connector - which means that it accepts analog signals that it converts to digital.






30. A subpackaging of a Windows revision that contains the core OS plus a special set of features that is offered as a separate product targeted to a certain type of end user.






31. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.






32. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






33. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.






34. [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]






35. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.






36. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.






37. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






38. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.






39. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






40. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.






41. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.






42. 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.






43. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.






44. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.






45. 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.






46. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.






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






48. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.






49. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.






50. One or more chips designed to work closely with the CPU. Two parts of this chipset are the Northbridge and the Southbridge.






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