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1. Also known as redundant array of independent disks: Technology uses an array of hard drives used to provide fault tolerance and/or improvement in performance.






2. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






3. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.






4. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.






5. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.






6. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






7. A hard drive whose disk controller is integrated into the drive - eliminating the need for a controller cable and thus increasing speed - as well as reducing price.






8. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.






9. POST means __________________.






10. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.






11. The 12-bit wide - one-column file allocation table for a floppy disk - containing information about how each cluster or file allocation unit on the disk is currently used.






12. Commonly called the host adapter. The host adapter is inserted into an expansion slot on the motherboard and is responsible for managing all devices on the SCSI bus. A host adapter can support both internal and external SCSI devices - using one conne






13. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






14. Operating system feature that enables a computer to assign itself an address if it is unable to contact a DHCP server. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved private IP addresses in the range of 169.254.0.0 -169.254.255.255 for A






15. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.






16. The overall structure an OS uses to name - store - and organize files on a drive. In it - a cluster is the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors. A it tracks how these clusters are used for each fil






17. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.






18. Performed from the operating system - such as by pressing the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Del or by choosing a Restart option from the Shut Down dialog box. Less stressful on the computer.






19. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






20. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.






21. Temporary drop in AC power.






22. A fast interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can daisy chain as many as 7 or 15 devices on a single bus.






23. This tool can be used to test a USB port.






24. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.






25. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






26. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.






27. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.






28. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






29. The circuit board that controls a SCSI bus supporting as many as seven or fifteen separate devices. This device controls communication between the SCSI bus and the PC.






30. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






31. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.






32. Generally the label for the first hard drive in a computer system. Drive A and Drive B are reserved for floppy drives. Drive B is rarely used on current computers.






33. The one bootable partition.






34. Uses space from two or more physical disks to increase the disk space available for a single volume. THIS writes to the physical disks evenly across all disks so that no one disk receives all the activity - and therefore improves performance. Windows






35. The term__________refers to the computer bringing itself up to a working state without the user having to do anything but press the on button.






36. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.






37. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






38. A standard for managing the interface between secondary storage devices and a computer system. A system can support up to six serial ATA and parallel ATA IDE devices or up to four parallel ATA IDE devices such as hard drives - CD-ROM drives - and DVD






39. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.






40. The ________________makes sure the computer meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process.






41. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.






42. Media through which data is transferred from one part of a computer to another. The bus can be compared to a highway on which data travels within a computer.






43. Hardware or software systems that can use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system or with other systems. Also known as backward-compatible or backwards compatible.






44. One or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data (also referred to as a file allocation unit). Files are written to a disk as groups of whole clusters.






45. Network with each computer






46. Most often called a hard drive - comes in two sizes for personal computers: the 2.5" size is used for laptop computers and the 3.5" size is used for desktops. In addition - a smaller 1.8" size (about the size of a credit card) hard drive is used in s






47. To power up a computer from the off position.






48. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






49. This can be divided into one or more logical drives. Each logical drive is assigned a drive letter (such as drive G:) and is formatted using its own file system.






50. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.







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