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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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1. Applet or small program created by Microsoft to control interactivity on web pages that has to be downloaded to gain access to the full functionality.






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






3. 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






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






5. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.






6. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.






7. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.






8. Stripes data across three or more drives and uses parity checking - so that if one drive fails - the other drives can re-create the data stored on the failed drive. Data is not duplicated - and - therefore - THIS makes better use of volume capacity.






9. 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.






10. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






11. 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






12. 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






13. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.






14. The one bootable partition.






15. A unit of measure that describes the size of a data file - the amount of space on a disk or other storage medium - or the amount of data being sent over a network. One byte consists of 8 bits of data.






16. Formatting performed by means of the DOS or Windows Format program (for example - FORMAT C:/S creates the boot record - FAT - and root directory on drive C and makes the drive bootable). Also called OS formatting.






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






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






19. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.






20. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






21. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.






22. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






23. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?






24. Layer 7 of the OSI reference model. This layer provides services to application processes such as electronic mail - file transfer - and terminal emulation that are outside of the OSI model. The application layer identifies and establishes the availab






25. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






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






27. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






29. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.






30. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






31. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






34. 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.






35. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.






36. Storage area used for handling data in transit. Buffers are used in internetworking to compensate for differences in processing speed between network devices. Bursts of data can be stored in buffers until they can be handled by slower processing devi






37. 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






38. A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.






39. Temporary drop in AC power.






40. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






41. 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.






42. A drive with one - two - or more platters - or disks that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealed metal housing that contains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate with the motherboard. The top and bot






43. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?






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






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






46. 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.






47. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






48. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






49. Discovers the local address (MAC address) of a station on the network when the IP address is known. End stations as well as routers use ARP to discover local addresses:






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






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