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Comptia A + Certification

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1. A portion of a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and such I/O busses as USB - IDE - PS2 - SATA - and others.






2. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.






3. A drive interface for EIDE drives that transfers data serially at speeds between 150 MBps and 300 MBps and 6 Gbps - depending on the version of the standard.






4. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.






5. Aka parts grabber.






6. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.






7. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").






8. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.






9. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.






10. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.






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






12. Aka digital video interface.






13. Memory that is accessible in any (random) order. Most of the memory in a PC is RAM.






14. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.






15. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.






16. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.






17. A power-usage level.






18. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of






19. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.






20. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.






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






22. A process that places the logical structure of a file system on a partitioned volume.






23. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.






24. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.






25. Aka World Wide Web.






26. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






27. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the image is removed from the photosensitive drum so it can accept the next image.






28. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).






29. 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.






30. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.






31. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c






32. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Windows






33. Aka compact disc.






34. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.






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






36. One or more lights (usually LEDs) on a device that indicate the device's operational status through the color of the light - by blinking or remaining steady or both.






37. In an access control list - a record containing just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to that account.






38. Aka digitizing tablet.






39. A type of riser card that connects directly into a motherboard and adds no additional functionality of its own - but extends the expansion bus and allows expansion cards to be added in a different physical orientation.






40. A magnetic mass storage device primarily used for backing up data from computers.






41. Aka Post Office Protocol.






42. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024






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






44. 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






45. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.






46. A dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.






47. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






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






49. Aka super video graphics array.






50. A common connector used to connect a power supply to internal peripherals.