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Vocab Flashcards

1
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A tool you can use to load and install image onto your USB device and make it bootable.

A

Etcher.IO

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2
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The use of digital technology. Like computers and the internet to store and process data into useful info.

A

Information technology

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3
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A cable used in Apple computers used to transfer video, sound and internet.

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Thunderbolt

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4
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A system performing particular function in an electronic device

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Circuit

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5
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Large Open source operating system used heavily in business infrastructure and in the consumer space.

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Linux

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6
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The oldest character encoding standard used. Represents the English alphabet digits and punctuation.

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ASCII

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7
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A smart hub the (Insert vocabulary word here) is the centralized hardware that connects devices together. Each port has its own dedicated bandwidth.

A

The switch

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8
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The body or circulatory system of the computer that connects all pieces together.

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Motherboard

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9
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To start up computer

A

Boot-

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10
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A Windows OS program that helps manage virtual memory.

A

Memory manager

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11
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A way NFTS stores and represents the files you’re working with in your operating system.

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Master File Table ( MFT)

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12
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A traditional partition table within a storage dial that lets you have volume sizes of 2 terabytes or less is mostly used in windows OS.

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Master Boot Record ( MBR)

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13
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Tells us everything we need to know about a file including who created it, when it was last modified, who has access to, and what type of file it is.

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Metadata

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14
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It is one that starts from the main directory.

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Absolute path

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15
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An another way to package contents if a file to act like a unit if distribution.

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APPX

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16
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Access control List

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ACL

17
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A nickname for common commands

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Alias

18
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A format for a file system on a partition.

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Volume

19
Q

An entry in the MFT that has a reference to some destination, so that when you open it up, you get to your destination.

A

Shortcut

20
Q

Universally Unique ID

A

UUID

21
Q

A combination of hard drive space and RAM that acts like memory which our process can use.

A

Virtual memory

22
Q

Work similarly to shortcuts, but at the file system level the key diff. Is that the OS treats them like substitutes for the file they’re linked to in almost every meaningful way.

A

Symbolic links

23
Q

When the parted to launches you into a separate program.

A

Interactive mode

24
Q

A server that acts like a central storage location for packages.

A

Respiratory

25
Q

A (blank) is a command line interpreter in Linux.

A

Shell

26
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FSB ( Front Side Bus)

A

Communication between CPU and memory occurs over the ( insert term)

27
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BSB - Back Side Bus

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Is a set of signal pathways between the CPU and any external cache memory

28
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What is a bus?

A

A ( insert term) is a common collection of signal pathways over which related devices communicate with the computer system.

29
Q

What are some types of memory available today for PCs?

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DDR2s, DDR3s and DDR4s

30
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What is the memory used for Desktops?

A

Dual Inline Memory Module ( DIMMS)

31
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What is the memory used for laptops

A

Small outline DIMMS( SODIMMS)

32
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What is Cache memory?

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A fast form of memory, and it improves system performance by predicting what the CPU will ask for best and prefetching this information before being asked.

33
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Examples of expansion slots used in computers today?

A

PCI
AGP
PCIe

34
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What is firmware

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Is the name given to any software that is encoded in hardware, usually a read-only memory ( ROM) chip and it can be run without extra instructions from the operating system.

35
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What is POST?

A

Power-on Self-test

36
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What is the POST routine?

A

Verifies the integrity of the BIOS itself.
Verifies and confirms the size of primary memory.
Analyzes and catalogs other forms of hardware, such as buses and boot devices.
Offers the user a key sequence to enter the configuration screen.
Hands over control to the boot device( usually hard drive) highest in the configured boot order to load the operating system.

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