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30 Cards in this Set
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Audio device |
Sound card in a computer. |
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Basic disk |
Contain only simple volumes. |
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Cloud Storage |
Remote data storage with backups. Can run applications from cloud storage. |
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Computer Management |
Snap-in which allows you to manage disks, partitions, and volumes |
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Device Manager |
Main tool for managing other devices (internal components and pointing devices) |
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Disk Management |
Tool under Computer Management which enables the editing of disks. |
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Driver |
Small program that enables hardware to interact with the operating system. |
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Dual-boot environment |
Ability to choose the option to run Windows 7 or Windows XP operating systems. |
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Dynamic disk |
Can contain simple, spanned, striped, and mirrored volumes. |
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External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (eSATA) |
Three times faster than USB 2.0 or FireWire 400. Requires it's own power connector. Requires no translation between the interface and computer. |
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Fill and spill |
Spanned volume - two or more disks, but the first disk needs to be filled before storing on second and subsequent disks. |
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FireWire |
IEEE 1394 - Used today for high speed data transfers and was designed for video transfers. |
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IEEE 1394 |
FireWire - supports plug-and-play technology and used to transfer videos. |
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Input device |
Keyboards, mice, trackballs, touchpads that are external to the computer. |
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Infrared technology |
Technology in mice which eliminated the trackball mice and is able to be used on a wider variety of surfaces. |
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Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) |
is used to transfer data over local area networks, wide area networks and even the Internet. |
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Isochronous data transfer |
constant data rate - apart of IEEE 1394/FireWire |
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Local printer |
A computer connected directly to the computer. |
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Mirrored volume |
Require only 2 disks. Exact copy of data from the first disk to the second disk. |
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Network printer |
Printer connected to the network through CAT-5e cable. |
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Partition |
Used with basic disks to divide the disks |
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Plug-and-play (PNP) technology |
Automatically detected by the operating system when connected. |
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Print queue |
Holding area in memory that shows the list of print jobs waiting to print. |
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Spanned volume |
Two or more disks (up to 32) that are represented in Windows Explorer as a single drive letter. Must fill in the first disk before moving on to subsequent disks. |
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Striped volume |
Similar to spanned volume, however data is stored in 64 kb chunks, then moves on to the next disk. |
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) |
Standardized cable, which helps connect keyboards, digital cameras, external harddrives, ect. |
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Video device |
Video card which can run webcams or tv tuners. |
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Volume |
used instead of partitions with dynamic disks. |
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Windows Live Mesh |
A part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. Enables you to keep data synchronized between computers as well as some program settings. |
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Windows Live SkyDrive |
Free service which allows files to be saved to the Internet, similar to cloud services. |
