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Comptia A+ Acronyms Flashcards

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ADF

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Automatic Document Feeder
feature in printers that takes several pages at once and feeds them in

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ARM

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Advanced RISC machine
company that makes CPUs

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ATA

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Advanced Tech Attachment
standard physical interface for connecting storage devices

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ATM

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
standard for internet traffic

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy
rules applied by admin for corporate and educational internet use

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CDFS

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Compact Disk File System

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CDMA

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Code Division Multiple Access
channel access method for radio waves, allows several users to share a band of frequencies

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CIFS

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Common Internet File System
Online file sharing. Like SMB and not used all that often.

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CRL

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Certificate of Revocation List
list of website certificates that have expired & can’t be trusted

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Services
attack on server by flooding it with traffic

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DKIM

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Domain Keys Identified Mail
digital signature for email, like needing signature for receiving mail

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DMA

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Direct Memory Access
certain hardware is able to access the memory by itself without the CPU

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DMARC

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Domain Based Message Authentication, Reporting, & Conformance
builds on DKIM protocols, protects from fraud

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DoS

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Denial of Services
attack on server to make it unavailable

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EFS

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Encrypting File Services

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EMI

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Electromagnetic Interference

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EULA

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End User License Agreement

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FSB

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Front Side Bus
carries data between CPU and memory controller hub AKA northbridge

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GFS

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Grandfather Father Son
longterm retention policy, backup memory

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GPT

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GUID Partition Table
standard layout for storage devices

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GSM

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Global System for Mobile Communications
alternative to CDMA. GSM uses SIM cards

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HAL

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Hardware Abstraction Layer
bootcode like stuff that provides programming that allows the OS to interact with hardware

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HAV

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Hardware Assisted Virtualization
full virtualization using help from hardware from host processors

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HCL

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Hardware Compatibility List
database of hardware models and their compatibility with a certain operating system

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HDCP

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High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection

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HSM

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Hardware Security Module
device that safeguards and manages secrets, performs encryption and decryption functions

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ICR

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Intelligent Character Recognition
used to extract handwritten text from image

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IDE

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Integrated Drive Electronics
parallel ATA, standard interface for connecting a motherboard to storage devices such as hard drives and CD-ROM/DVD drives

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IDS

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Intrusion Detection System
device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations

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IOPS

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Input Output Operations per Second
performance measurement used to characterize computer storage devices like hard disk drives, solid state drives, and storage area networks

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IPS

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Intrusion Prevention System
monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations

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IPSec

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Internet Protocol Security
secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts packets of data

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IrDA

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Infrared Data Association
provides specifications for a complete set of protocols for wireless infrared communications

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IRP

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Incident Response Plan
document that outlines an organization’s procedures, steps, and responsibilities of its incident response program

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ISO

A

International Organization for Standardization

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ITX

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Information Technology Extended
small motherboard form factor

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KB

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Knowledge Base
self-serve online library of information about a product, service, department, or topic

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KVM

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Keyboard Video Mouse
hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from one or more sets of keyboards, video monitors, and mice

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LC

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Lucent Connector
fiber optic connector

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MFD

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Multifunction Device
office machine that prints, copies, blah blah blah

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MMC

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Microsoft Management Console
provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system

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MOU

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Memorandum of Understanding
a contract

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MSDS

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Material Safety Data Sheet

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MSRA

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Microsoft Remote Assistance
based on RDP

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MX

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Mail Exchange
indicates how mail should be transferred according to SMTP

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NAC

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Network Access Control
process of restricting unauthorized users and devices from gaining access to a corporate or private network

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NTFS

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New Technology File System
proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft

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OCR

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Optical Character Recognition
process that converts an image of text into a machine-readable text

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PE

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Preinstallation Environment
lightweight version of Windows

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PKI

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Public Key Infrastructure
governs the issuance of digital certificates to protect sensitive data, provide unique digital identities for users

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PPP

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Point to Point Protocol
TCP/IP protocol that is used to connect one computer system to another

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RADIUS

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Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
networking protocol that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting

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RMM

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Remote Monitoring and Management
process of supervising and controlling IT systems by means of locally installed agents that can be accessed by a management service provider

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RTO

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Recovery Time Objective
the maximum acceptable time that an application, computer, network, or system can be down after an unexpected disaster, failure, or comparable event takes place

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SAS

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Serial Attached SCSI (small computer system interface)
point-to-point serial protocol that moves data to and from computer-storage devices such as hard disk drives and tape drives

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SC

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Subscriber Connector
fiber optic connector

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SCADA

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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
ability to perform a supervisory operation over a variety of other proprietary devices (in manufacturing field)

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SCP

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Secure Copy Protection
process of protecting files and folders from being copied without proper authorization to any device in the same network

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SCSI

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Small Computer System Interface
cable

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SDN

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Software Defined Networking

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SIMM

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Single Inline Memory Module

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SPF

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Sender Policy Framework
email authentication method that helps to identify the mail servers that are allowed to send email for a given domain

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SQL

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Structured Query Language
programming language for storing and processing information in a relational database

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SSO

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Single Sign On
authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems

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ST

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Straight Tip

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STP

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Shielded Twisted Pair

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TACACS

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Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
a security protocol that provides centralized validation of users who are attempting to gain access to a router or NAS

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TFTP

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Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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TPM

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Trusted Platform Module
international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor

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UAC

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User Account Control
windows feature

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UNC

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Universal Naming Convention
a network resource name for a share point on a workstation

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UPnP

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Universal Plug & Play
networking protocols that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other’s presence on the network and establish functional network services

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UPS

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Uninterruptible Power Supply
provide backup power, protecting equipment from damage in the event of grid power failure

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UTM

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Unified Threat Management
when multiple security features or services are combined into a single device within your network

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UTP

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Unshielded Twisted Pair

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VDI

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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WMN

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Wireless Mesh Network

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XSS

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Cross-site Scripting
type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected into otherwise benign and trusted websites

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