Lesson 3 Flashcards
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
A specification for hardware-based storage of digital certificates, cryptographic keys, and hashed passwords
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
HSM
Hardware Security Module
A secure USB key or thumb drive used to store cryptographic material
Hardware Security Module (HSM)
POST
Power-On-Self-Test
A diagnostic program implemented in the system firmware that checks the hardware to ensure the components required to boot the PC are present and functioning correctly
Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
MBR
Master Boot Record
GUID
Globally Unique ID
GPT
Globally Unique ID Partition Table
Allows a disk to be divided into multiple logical drives
Partitions
BCD
Boot Configuration Data
BSOD
Blue Screen Of Death
SMART
Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
Alerts the operating system if a failure is detected
Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART)
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
Most disks have a self-diagnostic program called __________ which can alert the operating system if a failure is detected
Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART)
One of the “pie slices” the diskette or disk is divided into
Sectors
The “pie slices” the diskette or disk is divided into
Sectors
Id on of the RAID devices fails, the volume would be listed as _________
Degraded
RTC
Real Time Clock
OSD
On-Screen Display
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
DLP
Digital Light Processing
SOHO
Small Office/Home Office
