CompTIA A_ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition - Michael Meyers [532]
personal area networks (PANs)
Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association. See PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association); PC cards
personal computers. See PCs (personal computers)
personal data, backing up
personal digital assistants. See PDAs
personal document folders
personal RAID
Personal Video Recorders (PVRs)
Personalization applet
petabytes
PGA (pin grid array)
PGA CPUs, installing
Phenom processors
Phillips-head screwdriver
phishing
Phoenix Technologies
phosphors
photoconductive properties, laser printers
photosensitive drum, laser printers
maintenance
cleaning/charging
photosites, digital cameras
physical geometry, ATA drives
Physical layer, OSI model
physical network, vs. logical network
physical security of hardware/systems
physical theft, social engineering attacks
picoBTX form factor
picture elements (pixels), LCD displays
pin 1, cabling
pin array cartridge (PAC)
pin grid array. See PGA (pin grid array)
PING utility
IP address, determining
network latency, checking
Pinnacle blueBox video capture device
PIO (programmable input/output)
pipelines
pipeline stalls
pixels (picture elements), LCD displays
plasma display panels (PDP)
Platform Module (TPM) Trusted
platters, hard drives
plenum space, cabling
Plug and Play (PnP)
plugs
plusID, Prevaris
PnP (Plug and Play)
PnP/PCI Configurations
Point of Sale (POS) machines
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
policies. See security policies
polygons, 3-D games
polymorph viruses
poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), UTP cable
POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3)
pop-ups
port replicators
portables
batteries
best practices for protecting
cleaning
compared
heat, reducing excessive
laptops. See laptops
maintenance/management
networking capabilities
PDAs. See PDAs
ports
power management
RAM
review questions/answers
shared memory
smartphones
tablet PCs
troubleshooting
upgrading/enhancing
portrait mode, LCD displays
ports
defined
FireWire
portable devices and
TCP/IP
POS (Point of Sale) machines
positional audio
POST (power-on self test)
POST cards
post-installation tasks
Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)
PostScript, printer languages
power conditioning, UPSs
power connectors
floppy drives
CPU fans
motherboards
power conservation, monitors
power cycling, printers
power good wire
Power Management screen, CMOS settings
power management
power-usage operating levels
power schemes
power supply
in computing process (game example)
cooling
AC supply
Active PFC
DC supply
failure of
FRUs (field replaceable units)
fuses
installing
laser printers
LCD displays, AC/DC combined in
maintaining airflow
modding
modular
motherboards
niche market form factors
on/off switch
peripherals
powering the PC
rail power
rails
reducing fan noise
slow failure
surge suppressors
testing DC voltage
testing when no motherboard
understanding electricity
UPSs and
wattage requirements
power surges
KVMs
printers
surge suppressor devices
Power Users group (Windows 2000)
PowerNow!, AMD throttling technology
power-on self test. See POST (power-on self test)
ppm (pages per minutes), print speeds
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
PR (performance rating), CPUs
practice exams, on CD-ROM accompanying this book
preinstalled environment (PE) tools
Presentation layer, OSI model
Prevaris, plusID
prevention
primary controller, ATA drives
primary corona, laser printers
primary partitions
primary rate interface (PRI)
principle of least privilege
print devices. See also printers
print resolution
print spooler
printer control language (PCL)
printer emulation
printers
connections
duplex printing
dye-sublimation printers
impact printers
inkjet printers
installing
laser. See laser printers
local printers, setting up
optimizing through calibration
print jobs, troubleshooting
reverse power-up
review questions/answers
setting default
sharing
solid ink printers
thermal