Shared Flashcard Set

Details

COMPTIA A+
A+ acronyms
128
Computer Science
12th Grade
07/28/2025
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Computer Science Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
AAA
 Definition
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
Term
ACL
 Definition
Access control list
Term
AES
 Definition
Advanced Encryption Standard
Term
AP
 Definition
Access point
Term
API
 Definition
Application program interface
Term
APFS
 Definition
apple file system
Term
APK
 Definition
android package
Term
ARM
 Definition
Advance RISC (reduced instruction set computer) machine
Term
AUP
 Definition
Acceptable use policy
Term
AV
 Definition
antivirus
Term
BSOD
 Definition
Blue screen of death
Term
BYOD
 Definition
bring your own device
Term
CA
 Definition
certificate authority
Term

CaaS
 Definition
Containers as a service
Term
CAD
 Definition
computer-aided design
Term
CAPTCHA
 Definition
completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart
Term
CDMA
 Definition
code-division multiple access
Term
CERT
 Definition
computer emergency response team
Term
CIFS
 Definition
common internet file system
Term
CMD
 Definition
command prompt
Term
CNAME
 Definition
canonical name
Term
CRL
 Definition
certificate revocation list
Term
DaaS
 Definition
Data as a service
Term
DBaaS
 Definition
database as a service
Term
DMARC
 Definition
domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance
Term
DRM
 Definition
digital rights management
Term
DRaaS
 Definition
disaster recovery as a service
Term
DVI-D
 Definition
digital visual interface- digital
Term
eMMC
 Definition
embedded multimedia card
Term
EOL
 Definition
end of life
Term
eSATA
 Definition
external serial advance technology attachment
Term
ESD
 Definition
electrostatic dischage
Term
EULA
 Definition
end-user license agreement
Term
exFAT
 Definition
extensible file allocation table
Term
ext
 Definition
extended file system
Term
FTPS
 Definition
file transfer protocol SFTP
Term
GDDR
 Definition
graphics DDR
Term
GFS
 Definition
grandfather-father-son
Term
GPT
 Definition
GUID (globally unique identifier) partition table
Term
GPU
 Definition
graphics processing unit
Term
GUI
 Definition
graphical user interface
Term
GUID
 Definition
globally unique identifier
Term
HAV
 Definition
hardware-assisted virtulization
Term
HDCP
 Definition
high-bandwidth digital content protection
Term
HHD
 Definition
hybrid hard drive
Term
HSM
 Definition
hardware security module
Term
IaaS
 Definition
Infrastructure as a service
Term
IOPS
 Definition
input/output operations per second
Term
IoT
 Definition
Internet of Things
Term
IRP
 Definition
incident response plan
Term
IT
 Definition
information technology
Term
ITX
 Definition
information technology extended
Term
KVM
 Definition
keyboard-video-mouse
Term
L2TP
 Definition
layer 2 tunneling protocol
Term
MAM
 Definition
mobile application management
Term
LTE
 Definition
long term evolution
Term
MAN
 Definition
metropolitan area network
Term
MDM
 Definition
mobile device management
Term

MFA

 

 Definition
multifactor authentication
Term
MFD
 Definition
multifunction device
Term
MMS
 Definition
multimedia messaging service
Term
MOU
 Definition
memorandum of understanding
Term
mSATA
 Definition
mini-serial advance technology attachement
Term
MSP
 Definition
managed service provider
Term
MSRA
 Definition
Microsoft remote assistance
Term
MTBF
 Definition
mean time between failure
Term
MX
 Definition
mail exchange
Term
NDA
 Definition
non-disclosure agreement
Term
NetBT
 Definition
netBIOS over TCP/IP
Term
NFC
 Definition
near-field communication
Term
NFS
 Definition
network file system
Term
NVMe
 Definition
non-volatile memory express
Term
OLED
 Definition
organic light-emitting diode
Term
ONT
 Definition
optical network teminal
Term
PaaS
 Definition
platform as a service
Term
PDF
 Definition
portable document format
Term
PDU
 Definition
power distribution unit
Term
PE
 Definition
preinstallation environment
Term
PII
 Definition
Personally identifiable information
Term
PRL
 Definition
prefered roaming list
Term
PSK
 Definition
pre-shared key
Term
RADIUS
 Definition
remote authentication dial-in-user
Term
RDP
 Definition
Remote desktop protocol
Term
RFID
 Definition
radio-frequency identification
Term
RMM
 Definition
remote monitoring and management
Term
RTO
 Definition
Recovery time objective
Term
S/MIME
 Definition
secure/multipurpose internet mail extensions
Term
SaaS
 Definition
software as a service
Term
SAS
 Definition
serial attached SCSI (small pc system interface)
Term
SCADA
 Definition
supervisory control and data acquisition
Term
SDD
 Definition
super density disk
Term
SDN
 Definition
software defined networking
Term
SFTP
 Definition
secure file transfer protocol
Term
SIM
 Definition
subscriber identity module
Term
SMS
 Definition
short message service
Term
SNTP
 Definition
simple network time protocol
Term
SOA
 Definition
start of authority
Term

SPF
 Definition
sender policy framwork
Term
SQL
 Definition
structured query language
Term
SRV
 Definition
service
Term
SSD
 Definition
solid-state drive
Term
SSO
 Definition
single sign-on
Term
SSTP
 Definition
secure socket tunneling protocol
Term
TACACS
 Definition
terminal access controller access-control system
Term
TKIP
 Definition
temporal key integrity protocol
Term
TLS
 Definition
transport layer security
Term
TN
 Definition
twisted nematic
Term
TPM
 Definition
trusted platform module
Term
UEFI
 Definition
unified extensible firmware interface
Term
UHD
 Definition
ultra high definition
Term
UPnP
 Definition
universal plug and play
Term
USB-C
 Definition
universal serial bus type C
Term
UTM
 Definition
unified threat management
Term
VA
 Definition
vertical alignment
Term
VDI
 Definition
virtual desktop infrastructure
Term
VLAN
 Definition
virtual LAN
Term
VM
 Definition
virtual machine
Term
VCN
 Definition
virtual network computer
Term
WAF
 Definition
web application firewall
Term
WAP
 Definition
wireless access point
Term
WISP
 Definition
wireless internet service provider
Term
WMN
 Definition
wireless mesh network
Term
WPS
 Definition
Wi-Fi protected service
Term
WWAN
 Definition
wireless wide area network
Term
XMP
 Definition
extreme memory profile
Term
XSS
 Definition
cross-site scripting
Term
EAP
 Definition
extensible authentication protocol
Term
PEAP
 Definition
protected extensible protocol
Supporting users have an ad free experience!