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CompTIA A+ Terminology w/ FREE FlashCards
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Junior Member ![]() Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:58 pm Posts: 21 |
Flashcard Exchange is a great website which has several categories of CompTIA flashcards to study online and it\'s also available on iTunes App Store.
CompTIA Flashcards: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/comptia CompTIA Acronyms Flashcards: click here --------------------- CompTIA Acronyms v1.5 Source: http://certification.comptia.org/a/prepare.aspx 1. AC alternating current 2. ACPI advanced configuration and power interface 3. ACT activity 4. ADSL asymmetrical digital subscriber line 5. AGP accelerated graphics port 6. AMD advanced micro devices 7. AMR audio modem riser 8. APIPA automatic private internet protocol addressing 9. APM advanced power management 10. ARP address resolution protocol 11. ASR automated system recovery 12. AT advanced technology 13. ATA advanced technology attachment 14. ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 15. ATM asynchronous transfer mode 16. ATX advanced technology extended 17. BIOS basic input/output system 18. BNC Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Navel Connector 19. BRI basic rate interface 20. BTX balanced technology extended 21. CCD charged coupled device 22. CD compact disc 23. CD-ROM compact disc-read-only memory 24. CD-RW compact disc-rewritable 25. CDFS compact disc file system 26. CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor 27. CNR communication network riser 28. COM1 communication port 1 29. CPU central processing unit 30. CRIMM continuity-rambus inline memory module 31. CRT cathode-ray tube 32. DAC discretionary access control 33. DB-25 serial communications D-shell connector, 25 pins 34. DB-9 9 pin D shell connector 35. DC direct current 36. DDOS distributed denial of service 37. DDR double data-rate 38. DDR RAM double data-rate random access memory 39. DDR SDRAM double data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory 40. DFS distributed file system 41. DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 42. DIMM dual inline memory module 43. DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm 44. DIP dual inline package 45. DLT digital linear tape 46. DLP digital light processing 47. DMA direct memory access 48. DNS domain name service or domain name server 49. DOS disk operating system or denial of service 50. DPMS display power management signaling 51. DRAM dynamic random access memory 52. DSL digital subscriber line 53. DVD digital video disc or digital versatile disc 54. DVD-RAM digital video disc-random access memory 55. DVD-ROM digital video disc-read only memory 56. DVD-R digital video disc-recordable 57. DVD-RW digital video disc-rewritable 58. DVI digital visual interface 59. ECC error correction code 60. ECP extended capabilities port 61. EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory 62. EFS encrypting file system 63. EIDE enhanced integrated drive electronics 64. EISA extended industry standard architecture 65. EMI electromagnetic interference 66. EMP electromagnetic pulse 67. EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory 68. EPP enhanced parallel port 69. ERD emergency repair disk 70. ESD electrostatic discharge 71. ESDI enhanced small device interface 72. EVGA extended video graphics adapter/array 73. EVDO evolution data optimized or evolution data only 74. FAT file allocation table 75. FAT12 12-bit file allocation table 76. FAT16 16-bit file allocation table 77. FAT32 32-bit file allocation table 78. FDD floppy disk drive 79. FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 80. Fn Function (referring to the function key on a laptop) 81. FPM fast page-mode 82. FRU field replaceable unit 83. FTP file transfer protocol 84. FQDN fully qualified domain name 85. GB gigabyte 86. GDI graphics device interface 87. GHz gigahertz 88. GUI graphical user interface 89. GPRS general packet radio system 90. GSM global system for mobile communications 91. HAL hardware abstraction layer 92. HCL hardware compatibility list 93. HDD hard disk drive 94. HDMi high definition media interface 95. HPFS high performance file system 96. HTML hypertext markup language 97. HTTP hypertext transfer protocol 98. HTTPS hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer 99. I/O input/output 100. ICMP internet control message protocol 101. ICS internet connection sharing 102. ICR intelligent character recognition 103. IDE integrated drive electronics 104. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 105. IIS Internet Information Services 106. IMAP internet mail access protocol 107. IP internet protocol 108. IPCONFIG internet protocol configuration 109. IPP internet printing protocol 110. IPSEC internet protocol security 111. IPX internetwork packet exchange 112. IPX/SPX internetwork packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange 113. IR infrared 114. IrDA Infrared Data Association 115. IRQ interrupt request 116. ISA industry standard architecture 117. ISDN integrated services digital network 118. ISO Industry Standards Organization 119. ISP internet service provider 120. KB kilobyte 121. LAN local area network 122. LBA logical block addressing 123. LC Lucent connector 124. LCD liquid crystal display 125. LDAP lightweight directory access protocol 126. LED light emitting diode 127. LIP or LiPoly lithium-ion polymer 128. Li-on lithium-ion 129. LPD/LPR line printer daemon / line printer remote 130. LPT line printer terminal 131. LPT1 line printer terminal 1 132. LPX low profile extended 133. LVD low voltage differential 134. MAC media access control 135. MAN metropolitan area network 136. MAPI messaging application programming interface 137. Mb megabit 138. MB megabyte 139. MBR master boot record 140. MBSA Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 141. MCR multivariant curve resolution 142. MFD multi-function device 143. MFP multi-function product 144. MHz megahertz 145. MicroDIMM micro dual inline memory module 146. MIDI musical instrument digital interface 147. MIME multipurpose internet mail extension 148. MLI multiple link interface 149. MMC Microsoft management console 150. MMX multimedia extensions 151. MP3 Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio 152. MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group 153. MSCONFIG Microsoft configuration 154. MSDS material safety data sheet 155. MUI multilingual user interface 156. NAS network-attached storage 157. NAT network address translation 158. NetBIOS networked basic input/output system 159. NetBEUI networked basic input/output system extended user interface 160. NFS network file system 161. NIC network interface card 162. NiCd nickel cadmium 163. NiMH nickel metal hydride 164. NLI not logged in or natural language interface 165. NLX new low-profile extended 166. NNTP network news transfer protocol 167. NTFS new technology file system 168. NTLDR new technology loader 169. NWLINK Netware Link 170. OCR optical character recognition 171. OEM original equipment manufacturer 172. OMR optical mark recognition 173. OS operating system 174. OSR original equipment manufacturer service release 175. PAN personal area network 176. PATA parallel advanced technology attachment 177. PC personal computer 178. PCI peripheral component interconnect 179. PCIe peripheral component interconnect express 180. PCIX peripheral component interconnect extended 181. PCL printer control language 182. PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association 183. PDA personal digital assistant 184. PGA pin grid array 185. PGA2 pin grid array 2 186. PIN personal identification number 187. PKI public key infrastructure 188. PnP plug and play 189. POP post office protocol 190. POP3 post office protocol 3 191. POST power-on self test 192. POTS plain old telephone service 193. PPP point-to-point protocol 194. PPTP point-to-point tunneling protocol 195. PRI primary rate interface 196. PROM programmable read-only memory 197. PS/2 Personal System/2 connector 198. PSTN public switched telephone network 199. PVC permanent virtual circuit 200. PXE preboot execution environment 201. QoS quality of service 202. RAID redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) discs 203. RAM random access memory 204. RAS remote access service 205. RBAC role-based access control or rule-based access control 206. RDRAM RAMBUS® dynamic random access memory 207. RF radio frequency 208. RFI radio frequency interference 209. RGB red green blue 210. RIMM RAMBUS® inline memory module 211. RIP routing information protocol 212. RIS remote installation service 213. RISC reduced instruction set computer 214. RJ registered jack 215. RJ-11 registered jack function 11 216. RJ-45 registered jack function 45 217. RMA returned materials authorization 218. ROM read only memory 219. RS-232 or RS-232C recommended standard 232 220. RTC real-time clock 221. SAN storage area network 222. SATA serial advanced technology attachment 223. SC subscription channel 224. SCSI small computer system interface 225. SCSI ID small computer system interface identifier 226. SD card secure digital card 227. SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 228. SEC single edge connector 229. SFC system file checker 230. SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 231. SIMM single inline memory module 232. SLI scalable link interface or system level integration or scanline interleave mode 233. SMB server message block or small to midsize business 234. SMTP simple mail transport protocol 235. SNMP simple network management protocol 236. SoDIMM small outline dual inline memory module 237. SOHO small office/home office 238. SP service pack 239. SP1 service pack 1 240. SP2 service pack 2 241. SPDIF Sony-Philips digital interface format 242. SPGA staggered pin grid array 243. SPX sequenced package exchange 244. SRAM static random access memory 245. SSH secure shell 246. SSID service set identifier 247. SSL secure sockets layer 248. ST straight tip 249. STP shielded twisted pair 250. SVGA super video graphics array 251. SXGA super extended graphics array 252. TB terabyte 253. TCP transmission control protocol 254. TCP/IP transmission control protocol/internet protocol 255. TDR time domain reflectometer 256. TFTP trivial file transfer protocol 257. UART universal asynchronous receiver transmitter 258. UDF user defined functions or universal disk format or universal data format 259. UDMA ultra direct memory access 260. UDP user datagram protocol 261. UL Underwriter’s Laboratory 262. UNC universal naming convention 263. UPS uninterruptible power supply 264. URL uniform resource locator 265. USB universal serial bus 266. USMT user state migration tool 267. UTP unshielded twisted pair 268. UXGA ultra extended graphics array 269. VESA Video Electronics Standards Association 270. VFAT virtual file allocation table 271. VGA video graphics array 272. VoIP voice over internet protocol 273. VPN virtual private network 274. VRAM video random access memory 275. WAN wide area network 276. WAP wireless application protocol 277. WEP wired equivalent privacy 278. WIFI wireless fidelity 279. WINS windows internet name service 280. WLAN wireless local area network 281. WPA wireless protected access 282. WUXGA wide ultra extended graphics array 283. XGA extended graphics array 284. ZIF zero-insertion-force 285. ZIP zigzag inline package |
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Senior Member ![]() Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:12 pm Posts: 66 Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire |
That's a great link techwarrior. The flashcard site that I use is http://www.flashcardmachine.com/
Searching for A+ / Network+ / Security+ will bring up a plethora of results, allowing you to study many flashcard sets. |
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