Core 1 Acronyms (5-9)

Question 1

SOHO

Answer 1

Small Office Home Office

Question 2

SPF

Answer 2

Sender Policy Framework

Question 3

DKIM

Answer 3

Domain Keys Identified Mail

Question 4

DMARC

Answer 4

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance

Question 5

VLAN

Answer 5

Virtual Local Area Network

Question 6

VPN

Answer 6

Virtual Private Network

Question 7

SSL

Answer 7

Secure Sockets Layer

Question 8

WISP

Answer 8

Wireless Internet Service Provider

Question 9

LAN

Answer 9

Local Area Network

Question 10

WAN

Answer 10

Wide Area Network

Question 11

MAN

Answer 11

Metropolitan Area Network

Question 12

WLAN

Answer 12

Wireless Local Area Network

Question 13

PAN

Answer 13

Personal Area Network

Question 14

SAN

Answer 14

Storage Area Network

Question 15

TAP

Answer 15

Traffic Access Point

Question 16

STP and definition (cables)

Answer 16

Shielded Twisted Pair
*Foil/mesh inside cable to reduce noise/inteference

Question 17

VGA

Answer 17

Video Graphics Array

Question 18

DVI

Answer 18

Digital Visual Interface

Question 19

HDMI

Answer 19

HIgh-definition Multimedia Interface

Question 20

IDE (Hardware-related)

Answer 20

Integrated Drive Electronics

Question 21

SATA

Answer 21

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Interface

Question 22

EIDE

Answer 22

Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

Question 23

ST (Fiber optics)

Answer 23

Straight-tip

Question 24

SC (Fiber optics)

Answer 24

Subscriber Connector

Question 25

LC (Fiber optics)

Answer 25

Lucent Connector

Question 26

BIX

Answer 26

Byte Information Exchange

Question 27

RAM

Answer 27

Random Access Memory

Question 28

MMU

Answer 28

Memory Management Unit

Question 29

DIMM

Answer 29

Dual In-line Memory Module

Question 30

SODIMM

Answer 30

Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module

Question 31

DDR

Answer 31

Double Data Rate

Question 32

SSD

Answer 32

Solid State Drive

Question 33

NVME

Answer 33

Non-volatile Memory Express

Question 34

PCIe

Answer 34

Peripheral Component Interconnect express

Question 35

RAID

Answer 35

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Question 36

EEPROM

Answer 36

Electronically erasable programmable read-only memory

Question 37

DVD

Answer 37

Digital Versatile Disk

Question 38

CD-ROM

Answer 38

Compact Disc Read-only Mechanism

Question 39

ATX

Answer 39

Advanced Technology Extended

Question 40

ITX

Answer 40

Information Technology Extended

Question 41

AMD

Answer 41

Advanced Micro Dynamics

Question 42

ZIF Socket

Answer 42

Zero Insertion Force Socket

Question 43

LGA/PGA/BGA

Answer 43

Land/pin/ball grid array

Question 44

BIOS

Answer 44

Basic Input/Output System

Question 45

CMOS

Answer 45

Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor

Question 46

POST

Answer 46

Power-on Self Test

Question 47

UEFI

Answer 47

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

Question 48

TPM

Answer 48

Trusted Platform Module

Question 49

HSM

Answer 49

Hardware Security Module

Question 50

RISC

Answer 50

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Question 51

SMT

Answer 51

Simultaneous Multi-Threading

Question 52

AS

Answer 52

Architecture State

Question 53

HSF

Answer 53

Heat sink and fan

Question 54

GPU

Answer 54

Graphics Processing Unit

Question 55

SPDI

Answer 55

Sony Philips Digital Interface

Question 56

EPS (power)

Answer 56

Entry-Level Power Supply Specification

Question 57

UPS

Answer 57

Uninterrupted Power Supply

Question 58

RISC

Answer 58

Reduced Instruction Set Computing

Question 59

ARM

Answer 59

Advanced RISC Machines

Question 60

AHCI

Answer 60

Advanced Host Controller Interface