CompTIA A_ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition - Michael Meyers [526]
how they work
installing
laptops
lockups, during OS installation
maintenance
partitioning. See partitions/partitioning
power supply
review questions/answers
SCSI drives
sectors per track
selecting
solid-state drives (SSDs)
spindle (or rotational) speed
troubleshooting installation of
types of
write precompensation cylinder
hard drives, troubleshooting
bad sectors
CMOS errors
connectivity
data corruption problems
Disk Cleanup
dying hard drive
formatting problems
FRUs (field replaceable units)
installation
installation errors
mentally reinstalling
partitioning errors
review questions/answers
hardware and software components in
hardware authentication
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
hardware failures
hardware protocols
hardware RAID solutions
Hardware Removal Tool (Safely Remove Hardware)
Hardware Update wizard video card driver updates
hardware
Bluetooth
detection errors
firewall routers
internet connection sharing
legacy-free computing
network troubleshooting
portable devices
securing
vs. software
sound
system BIOS supporting
TV tuners
video capture
Windows OS compatibility
Windows OS requirements
Windows Vista installation/upgrade requirements
Windows XP installation/upgrade requirements
harmonics, electrical
Hauppauge HDTV tuner card
HBA (host bus adapter)
HCL (Hardware Compatibility List)
HD (high-definition)
HD DVD
HDA (High Definition Audio)
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)
HDTV
headphone jacks
headphones
heads, hard drive
heat dope (thermal compound)
heat issues
cabling, in plenum space
portable devices
troubleshooting theory
heat sinks, in BTX motherboards
HHDs (hybrid hard drives)
Hibernate mode
hidden partitions
High Definition Audio (HDA)
High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
high definition
high gloss finish, laptop screens
high-definition (HD)
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
high-level formatting
high-voltage anodes, in CRT displays
Hi-Speed USB
web cameras
historical/conceptual material, exam preparation
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
home router
honesty, as trait of PC technician
horizontal refresh rate (HRR)
host bus adapter (HBA)
Hot Keys
hot-pluggable PC cards
hot-swappable devices
modular devices, for laptops
USB devices
HRR (horizontal refresh rate)
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
HTTPS (HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer)
hubs, star bus topology
hybrid hard drives (HHDs)
hybrid topologies, networks
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
hyperthreading
Core i7
Pentium 4s
I
I/O (input/output)
I/O devices
I/O ports
review questions/answers
I/O addresses
as system resource
displaying list of
I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC)
I/O Hub (IOH)
IBM
development of PCs
TrackPoint device
IBSS (Independent Basic Service Set)
ICACLS command
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
ICC (International Color Consortium)
ICH (Legacy I/O Controller Hub). See also Southbridge
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
ICS host computer
id Software, FPSs (first-person shooters) games
IDE drives
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEEE
IEEE 1284.4, printers
IEEE 1394. See also FireWire
IF statements
image installation, Windows OSs
image, laser printing process
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol version 4)
impact printers
incidence reporting, network security
incident reports
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
infiltration by hackers, social engineering
Information Technology (IT)
Infrared Data Association. See IrDA
infrared light
infrared wireless networking. See IrDA
infrastructure mode
Init Display First setting, CMOS video settings
ink cartridges, inkjet printers
ink-dispersion printers. See inkjet printers
inkjet printers
maintenance/troubleshooting
raster image processor (RIP)
InkyBoard
input devices
bar code readers
biometric devices
in computing process (game example)
digital cameras