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| A SMALL CIRCUIT BOARD INSERTED IN AN EXPANSION SLOT AND USED TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THE SYSTEM BUS AND A PERIPHERAL DEVICE ALSO CALLED AND INTERFACE CARD. |
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| THE NUMBER SYSTEM USED BY COMPUTERS; IT HAS ONLY TWO NUMBERS, 0 AND 1, CALLED BINARY DIGITS, OR BITS |
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| FIRMWARE THAT CAN CONTROL MUCH OF THE COMPUTER'S INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLOPPY DRIVE AND THE MONITOR. |
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| THE PROGRAM IN THE SYSTEM BOIS THAT CAN CHANGE THE VALUES IN CMOS RAM (ALSO CALLED CMOS SET UP) |
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| THE TERM APPLE COMPUTERS USE TO DESCRIBE THE IEEE 802.11B STANDARD |
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| CURRENT THE CYCLES BACK AND FORTH RATHER THAN TRAVELING IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION. |
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| A METER THAT MEASURES ELECTRICAL CURRENT IN AMPS. |
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| A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT FOR ELECTRICAL CURRENT. ONE VOLT ACROSS A RESISTANCE OF ONE OHM WILL PRODUCE A FLOW OF ONE AMP. |
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| USER ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHENTICATED ON A COMPUTER |
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AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE
A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CREATING TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS. |
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| A TEXT FLIE THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT WINDOWS REQUIRES IN ORDER TO DO AN UNATTENDED INSTALLATION. |
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| UTILITY PROGRAMS THAT PREVENT INFECTION OR SCAN A SYSTEM TO DETECT AND REMOVE VIRUSES. |
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| APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API) CALL |
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| A REQUEST FROM SOFTWARE TO THE OS TO ACCESS HARDWARE OR OTHER SOFTWARE USING A PREVIOUSLY DEFINED PROCEDURE THAT BOTHE THE SOFTWARE AND THE OS UNDERSTAND |
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| ATAPI (ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT PACKET INTERFACE) |
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| AN INTERFACE STANDARD, PART OF THE IDE/ATA STANDARDS, THAT ALLOWS TAPE DRIVES, OPTICAL DRIVES, AND OTHER DRIVES TO BE TREATED LIKE AND IDE HARD DRIVE SYSTEM. |
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| THE MOST COMMOM FORM FACTOR FOR PC SYSTEMS PRESENTLY IN USE, ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED BY ITEL IN 1995. ATX MOBO AND CASES MAKE BETTER USE OF SPACE AND RESOURCES THAN DID THE EARLIER AT FORM FACTOR. |
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| A POWER SUPPLY THAT PROVIDES A 12V POWER CORD WITH A 4-PIN CONNECTOR TO BE USED BY AUXILIARY 4-PIN POWER CONNECTOR ON MOBO USED TO PROVIDE EXTRA POWER FOR PROCESSORS. |
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| A SPECIFICATION FOR A SMALL SLOT ON A MOBO TO ACCOMODATE AN AUDIO OR MODEM RISER CARD. A CONTROLLER ON THE MOBO CONTAINS SOME OF THE LOGIC FOR THE AUDIO OR MODEM FUNCTIONALITY. |
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| AUTHENTICATED USERS GROUP |
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| ALL USERS ACCOUNTS THE HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED TO ACCESS THE SYSTEM EXCEPT THE GUEST ACCOUNT. COMPARE TO ANONYMOUS USERS. |
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| THE PROCESS OF PROVING AN INDIVIDUAL IS WHO WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED ACCESS TO A COMPUTER, FILE, FOLDER, OR NETWORK. THE PROCESS MIGHT USE A PASSWORD, PIN, SMART CARD, OR BIOMETRIC DATA. |
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| CONTROLLING WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN OR CANNOT DO WITH RESOURCES ON A COMPUTER NETWORK. USING WINDOWS, AUTHORIZATION IS GRANTED BY THE RIGHTS ASSIGNED TO USER ACCOUNTS AND PERMISSIONS ASSIGNED TO COMPUTER RESOURCES. |
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| A FEATURE OF SYSTEM BIOS AND HARD DRIVES THAT AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFIES AND CONFIGURES A NEW DRIVE IN BIOS SETUP. |
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| AUTOMATED SYSTEM RECOVERY (ARS) |
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| THE WINDOWS XP PROCESS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO RESTORE AN ENTIRE HARD DRIVE VOLUME OR LOGICAL DRIVE TO ITS STATE AT THE TIME THE BACK UP OF THE VOLUME WAS MADE. |
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| AUTOMATIC PRIVATE IP ADDRESS (APIPA) |
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| AN IP ADDRESS IN THE ADDRESS RANGE 169.254.X.Y, USED BY A COMPUTER WHEN IT CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY LEASE AND IP ADDRESS FROM A DHCP SERVER. |
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| A FEATURE OF AN AC ADAPTER WHEREBY THE DEVICE CAN AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH FROM 110V TO 220V AC POWER, IN CONTRAST TO FIXED-INPUT AC ADAPTERS THAT CAN HANDLE ONLY ONE TYPE OF AC VOLTAGE. |
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| A HIDDEN WAY TO ALLOW MALWARE TO REACH THE SYSTEM IN SECRET EVEN AFTER THE MALWARE HAS BEEN REMOVED. |
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| THE PORTION OF A PROCESSOR'S INTERNAL BUS THAT CONNECTS THE PROCESSOR TO THE INTERNAL MEMORY CACHE. THE BUS OPERATES AT A MUCH HIGHER FREQUENCY THAN THE FRONT SIDE BUS |
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| AN EXTRA COPY OF A FILE, USED IN THE EVENT THAT THE ORIGINAL BECOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. |
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| A WINDOWS USER ACCOUNT THAT CAN BACK UP AND RESTORE ANY FILE ON THE SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF ITS HAVING ACCESS TO THESE FILES. |
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| A TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE, OR DEVICE THAT WORKS WITH OLDER OR LEGACY TECHNOLOGIES, SOFTWARE, OR DEVICES, |
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| IN RELATION TO ANALOG COMMUNICATION, THE RANGE OF FREQUENCIES THAT A COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL OR CABLE CAN CARRY. |
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| A FIXED TRANSCEIVER AND ANTENNA USED TO CREATE ONE CELL WITHIN A CELLULAR NETWORK. |
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| A WAY TO PARTITION A HARD DRIVE, USED BY ALL VERSIONS OF WINDOWS, THAT STORES |
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| A TEXT FILE CONTAINING A SERIES OF OS COMMANDS. AUTOEXEC.BAT IS A BATCH FILE. |
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| AN INPUT DEVICE THAT INPUTS BIOLIGICAL DATA ABOUT A PERSON, THE DATA CAN IDENTIFY A PERSON'S FINGERPRINTS, HANDPRINTS, FACE, VOICE, EYE AND HANDWRITING. |
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| A 0 OR 1 USED BY THE BIRNARY NUMBER SYSTEM. |
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| A UTILITY IN WINDOW VISTA ULTIMATE AND ENTERPRISE EDITIONS THAT IS USED TO LOCK DOWN A HARD DRIVE BY ENCRYPTING THE ENTIRE VISTA VOLUME AND ANY OTHER VOLUME ON THE DRIVE. |
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| A METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN HARD DRIVE AND MEMORY THAT ALLOWS MULTIPLE DATA TRANSFERS ON A SINGLE SOFTWARE INTERRUPT. |
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| A WINDOWS ERROR THAT DISPLAYS AGAINST A BLUE SCREEN AND CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO HALT. ALSO CALLED STOP ERROR. |
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