Cst 120: Windows Applied Computing

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The offical name for the smaller peripheral power-supply connector that most often attach to a floppy disk drive

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Berg Connector

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Windows utility that checks a hard disk for errors. It attempts to fix file-system errors and scans for and attempts to recover bad sectors.

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CHKDSK

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The ratio between the light intensity of true black and true white.

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Contrast

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D-shaped connectos used for a varitey of connections in the PC and networking world. Can be male (with prongs) or female (with holes) and have a varying number of pins or sockets.

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D-connectors

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To remove magnetism from a device. The term is usually used in reference to color monitors and other dispay devices that use a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). these devices aim electrons onto the display screen by creating magnetic fields inside the CRT. External magentic forces--such as the earth's natural magentism or maent placed clos to the monitor-- can magnetize the shadow mask, causing distored images and colors.

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Degauss

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A utility that allows technicians to examine and configure all the hardware and drivers installed on a machine.

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Device Manager

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An application error debugger. This diagnostic tool detects application failures and logs diagnostic detail.

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Dr. Watson

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A partition on a basic disk that is created from unpartitioned fee disk space, and is not formatted with a file system. The space is allocated to logical drives.

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Extended Partition

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A DOS utility used to partiotn a hard disk. It can create only one primary partitioin and one extended partition

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FDISK

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An IEEE 1394 standard to send wide-band signals over a thin connector sstem that plugs into TVs, VCRs, TV cameras, PCs, etc. This serial bus, developed by Apple and Texas Instruments, enables connection of 60 devices at speeds ranging from 100 to 400 megabits per second.

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Firewire

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Both a DOS command and the act of preparing a volume to receive files and folders by definning the file structure. Places the file system onto the volume. Common file systems include FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS

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Format

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A passive device made out of a heat-conducting metal that is installed on top of a CPU. Usually will have a powered fan on top of it.

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Heat Sink

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Specific area of memory that a componet use to communicate with the system.

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I/O Address

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A signal from a hardware device, such as a modem or a mouse, indicating that it needs the CPU's attention. In PCs, they are sent along specific channels associated with a particular device. It is therefore important to ensure that two devices do not share a common channel.

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Interrupt Request (IRQ)

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Also called a wrap plug, this takes the signal going out of a plug and essentially echoes it back. It allows you to test parallel and serial ports to make certain they are working correctly.

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Loopback Plug

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The 6-pin round cirucalr connectors that arekeyed to plug in only one way. Designed for keyboards and mice.

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Mini-DIN

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The large peripheral connector used on such devices as hard drives and CD/DVD drives.

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Molex Connector

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A section of the storage are of a hard disk. Apartition is created during initial preperation of the hard disk, before the disk is formatted.

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Partition

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The name retroactively given to the ATA/IDE standards which use a normal 40-prong connector. Can support up to two devices per channel and requires devices to be configures as Master, Sale or Cable-select.

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pARALLEL ata

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A type of partiton on a basic disk that can be marked active. There can be up to four on any single physical disk.

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Primary Partition

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The offical name for the smaller peripheral power-supply connector that most often attach to a floppy disk drive

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Berg Connector

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Windows utility that checks a hard disk for errors. It attempts to fix file-system errors and scans for and attempts to recover bad sectors.

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CHKDSK

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The ratio between the light intensity of true black and true white.

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Contrast

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D-shaped connectos used for a varitey of connections in the PC and networking world. Can be male (with prongs) or female (with holes) and have a varying number of pins or sockets.

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D-connectors

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To remove magnetism from a device. The term is usually used in reference to color monitors and other dispay devices that use a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). these devices aim electrons onto the display screen by creating magnetic fields inside the CRT. External magentic forces--such as the earth's natural magentism or maent placed clos to the monitor-- can magnetize the shadow mask, causing distored images and colors.

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Degauss

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A utility that allows technicians to examine and configure all the hardware and drivers installed on a machine.

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Device Manager

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An application error debugger. This diagnostic tool detects application failures and logs diagnostic detail.

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Dr. Watson

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A partition on a basic disk that is created from unpartitioned fee disk space, and is not formatted with a file system. The space is allocated to logical drives.

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Extended Partition

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A DOS utility used to partiotn a hard disk. It can create only one primary partitioin and one extended partition

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FDISK

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An IEEE 1394 standard to send wide-band signals over a thin connector sstem that plugs into TVs, VCRs, TV cameras, PCs, etc. This serial bus, developed by Apple and Texas Instruments, enables connection of 60 devices at speeds ranging from 100 to 400 megabits per second.

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Firewire

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A serial link--a single cable with a minimum of ofur wires creates a point-to-point connection between devices. Transfer rates begin at 150MBps. One fo the main design advantages is that the thinner serial cables facilitate more efficient airflow inside a form factor and also allow for smaller chassis designs.

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Serial ATA

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The primary computer memory that hold instuctions and data for currently executing software.

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System Memory

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The utility shows all running programs, including hidden one. Useful for terminating programs that are non-responsive or that will not shut down normally

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Task Manager

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A 12 Mbps serial interconnect for keyboards, printers, joystick, and many other devices. Enable hot-swapping and daisy chaining of up to 127 devices.

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USB (Universal Serial Bus)

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Run-line command that will launch the System Information utility. It provides comprehensive information about the systems' resurces uage, hardware, and software environment.

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WinMSD