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A+ Guide To IT Technical Support Glossary
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1. Asr

2. Mount Point

3. An Improved Version Of Smtp And Used To Authenticate A User To An Email Server When The Email Client First Tries To Connect To The Email Server To Send Email. The Protocol Is Based On The Simple Authentication And Security Layer (Sasl) Protocol.

4. A Small Network Consisting Of Personal Devices At Close Range; The Devices Can Include Smart Phones - Pdas - And Laptop Computers.

5. A Data Transmission Standard Used By Computers And Peripherals (For Example - A Video Camera) That Transmits At 800 Mbps. Also Called 1394b.

6. A Unique Number That Identifies A Mobile Phone Or Tablet Device Worldwide. The Number Can Usually Be Found Imprinted On The Device Or Reported In The About Menu Of The Os

7. Microsoft Management Console (Mmc)

8. Process

9. A Method To Hack Or Discover A Password By Trying Every Single Combination Of Characters.

10. A Connector Used With An Rg-6 Coaxial Cable And Is Used For Connections To A Tv And Has A Single Copper Wire.

11. All-in-one Computer

12. A License To Use Software That Gives The Right To Install One Instance Of The Software.

13. A Windows Installation That Requires The Local User To Start The Process. Compare With Push Automation.

14. A Motherboard Used In Low-end Computers And Home Theater Systems. Often Used With An Intel Atom Processor And Sometimes Purchased As A Motherboard-processor Combo Unit.

15. Abstraction

16. A Form Of Phishing Where An Email Message Appears To Come From A Company You Already Do Business With. See Also Phishing.

17. A Device That Can Test The Output Of Each Power Cord Coming From A Power Supply.

18. Static Ram (Sram)

19. Www

20. Zif Connector

21. A Device That Receives A Laptop Computer And Provides Additional Secondary Storage And Easy Connection To Peripheral Devices.

22. Dvd-rw

23. Text Files That Keep Hardware And Software Configuration Information - User Preferences - And Application Settings And Are Used By The Os When First Loaded And When Needed By Hardware - Applications - And Users.

24. The Windows Utility (Regedit.Exe) Used To Edit The Windows Registry.

25. Used To Install Windows On A New Hard Drive Or To Overwrite The Existing Operating System And Applications When Installing Windows On A Hard Drive That Already Has Windows Installed.