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Comptia A + Certification

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






2. The chunks into which the TCP protocol packages data. In addition to the data - each datagram contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the chunks of data into the original messag






3. Aka thread.






4. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






5. 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.






6. A 25-pin D-shell connector.






7. Aka Advanced Power Management.






8. A device that records video content to disk.






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






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






11. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts






12. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.






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






14. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.






15. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.






16. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.






17. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






18. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.






19. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.






20. Aka serial ATA.






21. Aka Enhanced IDE.






22. 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.






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






24. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.






25. Aka root key.






26. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






27. Showing consideration for others.






28. A dedicated computer that stores data and provides print services or other capabilities to network clients.






29. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).






30. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.






31. Aka thermal compound.






32. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.






33. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.






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






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






36. The fine copper lines that are the electronic circuits through which power - data - and control signals travel on a circuit board.






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






38. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.






39. Aka microcode.






40. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.






41. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.






42. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.






43. Aka Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.






44. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.






45. Aka capture card.






46. Aka virtual circuit.






47. Aka video RAM.






48. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.






49. 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






50. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.