CompTIA A_ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition - Michael Meyers [518]
ZIF (zero insertion force) socket Socket for CPUs that enables insertion of a chip without the need to apply pressure. Intel promoted this socket with its overdrive upgrades. The chip drops effortlessly into the socket’s holes, and a small lever locks it in.
INDEX
Numerals
0 (off), in binary system
1 (on), in binary system
1/8-inch jack
1/8-inch connector
10/100/1000BaseT networks
1000BaseSX standard
10GBaseSR standard
10xBaseT
15-pin DB port
16:9 aspect ratio
16:10 aspect ratio
16-bit parallel PC Cards
2.1 speaker systems
32-bit processing
34-pin ribbon cable, for floppy drives
36-pin Centronics connectors, for parallel printers
3-D games
FPSs (first-person shooters)
video cards for
3-D graphics
3-D video cards
3DMIDI Player
3Dsound, RightMark
3G networks
4:3 aspect ratio
40-pin ribbon cable
5.1 speaker systems
50-pin high density (HD) connectors
6.1 speaker systems
62.5/125 multimode fiber optic cable
64-bit microprocessors
64-bit Windows
transitioning to
Windows Vista
Windows XP
68-pin high density (HD) connectors
68-pin ribbon cable, for SCSI drives
7.1 speaker systems
7-Zip tool
802.11 wireless standards. See Wi-Fi
802.15 wireless standard
8086 processor
8088 processor
RAM organization
clock speed
A
A (amperes)
A connector, USB
A/V sync
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
ABBYY FineReader scanner
AC (alternating current)
in computing process (game example)
supply for
acceleration
mouse
sound processing
access control
access control lists (ACLs)
ACK (acknowledgment)
ACLs (access control lists)
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)
Action Center (Windows 7)
Activate Windows utility (Windows XP, Windows Vista)
activation, Windows XP
Active Directory (AD)
active matrix, LCD technology
active partition
Active PFC (active power factor correction)
Activesync, Windows XP
ActiveX
activity light
actuator arm technologies, hard drives
AD (Active Directory)
ad hoc mode
infrared technology
Wi-Fi configuration
adaptability, as trait of PC technician
adapters, power supplies
Ad-Aware (Lavasoft)
Add Hardware Wizard
device drivers, installing
devices, adding
NIC installation
Add or Remove Programs applet (Windows XP)
components, adding/removing
software, adding/removing
Add/Remove Programs applet (Windows 2000) components, adding/removing
old drivers, removing
software, adding/removing
Add/Remove Snap-ins
address bus
address space, of RAM
administrative access, as security threat
Administrative Shares
Administrative Tools
server versions
workstation versions
administrator
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Administrators group
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Adobe Flash, TrueMotion VP6
ADSL (asynchronous DSL)
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
Advanced BIOS Features, CMOS settings
Advanced Chipset Features, CMOS settings
Advanced Communication Riser (ACR)
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)
Advanced Micro Devices. See AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
Advanced Power Management (APM)
advanced settings, video cards
Advanced Startup Options
Advanced Streaming Format (ASF)
Advanced Streaming Redirector (ASX)
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. See ATAPI
adware
Aero desktop
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
AGP (accelerated graphics port)
PCI compared with
sidebanding
strobing
video cards
AGP aperture
AGP slot
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
air flow, maintaining in computer cases
All Programs menu, Windows XP
allocation units. See also clusters
alternating current. See AC (alternating current)
ALU (arithmetic logic unit)
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
AMD processors
AMD Sempron
Athlon
Athlon/Athlon Classic
Athlon Thunderbird
Athlon XP
chipsets
dual cores
Duron
K6 series processors
numbering schemes
Opteron
Pentium equivalents
Phenom/AMD Phenom
American Megatrends (AMI)
American National Standards