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C

Cable Internet connections, 241, 245

Cables

coaxial, 202–203

crossover, 206, 245

described, 191

fiber-optic (10BaseFL), 206–207

MM fiber optics, 206–207

network comparison chart, 207

null modem, 206

parallel ports and connectors, 143, 194–195

Serial ATA, 173

serial ports and connectors, 195–196

SM fiber optic, 206, 207

STP (Shielded Twisted Pair), 203–204

thicknet (10Base5), 202–203, 207

thinnet (10Base2), 203, 207

TP (Twisted-Pair), 203–206

UTP (10BaseT) cable, 204–205, 207

See also Connecting; Connectors

Cache

levels, 65, 87

on motherboard, 38 (fig.)

CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing), 153–154, 501

Carbon dioxide (CO2) fire extinguisher, 46

Card creep, 73

CCDs (Charge-Coupled Devices), 119, 501

CD command, 289

CDFS (CD-ROM File System), 181

CD-R (Compact Disk Recordable), 181, 501

CD-ROMs (Compact Disk ROM)

connection to sound cards, 120

described, 181

using included, 497–498

Windows 2000 installation from, 375–376

Windows XP installation from, 452

CD-RW (Compact Disk Rewritable), 181–182, 501

Celeron processor, 70

Centronics connectors, 194–195, 202 (fig.)

CGA (Color Graphics Adapter), 135, 137, 501

CGI (Common Gateway Interface), Windows ME, 440–441

Chip creep, 73, 84

Chipsets

built-in chipset controllers, 66–67

super I/O controller, 66

uses for, 65–66

CHKDSK command, 292–293

Circuit boards, cleaning, 45

Circuit gateways, 244

Cleaning (physical), 45

Client/Server networks, 228–229

Clock

bus speed, 64–65

RTC, 67, 107

CMD command, 279

CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) settings, 47–48, 501

CNR (Communication Network Riser) cards, 53, 501

Coast socket, 38 (fig.)

Coaxial cables, 202–203

Color depth, CRT, 134

COM devices

IRQs, 107

memory addresses, 110–111

serial mouse, 114

serial port and connectors, 195–196

Command interpreter, 279

COMMAND.COM, 279

Communications, asynchronous/synchronous, 193

CompactFlash memory, 92

Compatibility mode, parallel communications, 144

Compressions, Windows 2000, 388

CompTIA A+ certification exams

A+ Core Hardware exam objectives, 5–19

A+ Operating System exam objectives, 19–28

adaptive testing, 31–32

book structure and sample review questions, 33–34

conventional testing, 30–31

preparing for, 32–33

pricing, 29

registering for, 28–29

test site requirements, 29–30

upgrade for 2003, 3–4

Computer Management, Windows 2000, 384–385

CONFIG.SYS, 95, 280, 281–282

Configurations, last good

Windows 2000, 381

Windows NT, 348

Connecting

digital cameras, 121–122

Firewire (IEEE 1394) devices, 200–201

keyboards, 112, 196–197

laptops, 123–124

modems, 117

monitors, 132, 142

monitors, 197–198

mouse/pointers, 114–116, 196–197

parallel port devices, 143, 194–195

PDAs, 122–123

scanners, 120

serial port devices, 195–196

sound cards, 120

touch screens, 116

USB devices, 198–200

wireless devices, 208–214

Connectors

AUI (Attachment Unit Interface), 203

BNC, BNC-T, 203, 231

described, 191–192

Firewire (IEEE 1394), 200–201

hard drive, 169–170

IDCs, 207–208

keyboard and mouse, 196–197

keyed, 39

male/female, 191

memory modules edge, 88

motherboard, 38 (fig.), 40(fig.), 174 (fig.)

parallel printer, 38 (fig.), 40(fig.), 192 (fig.), 194–195

serial, 38 (fig.), 40(fig.), 174(fig.), 192 (fig.), 195–196

sound card, 192 (fig.)

ST- and SC-type, 206

twisted pair, 205

USB, 52, 192 (fig.), 196–197, 198–200

VGA, 142

video, 197–198

See also Ports

Controllers, 66–67

Conventional memory, 94, 294

Conventional testing, 30–31

Converting binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers, 104–106

Cookies, 437–438

Cooling. See Heat dissipation

Cooperative multitasking, 278

Copier and MFDs, 151–152

COPY command, 289

CPUs. See Processors/CPUs

Cradles and PDA synchronization, 122–123

Crossover cables, 206, 245

CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes)

defined, 502

degaussing, 133

dot pitch, resolution, and color depth, 133–135, 142

interlaced vs. noninterlaced, 136

monochrome and color, 133

refresh rates, 135–136, 142

shadow mask, 133

VRAM requirements, 136, 142

CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection), 224, 231, 502

Current, electrical, 43

Cyrix processors

Cyrix 5X86 processor, 69

Cyrix 6X86MX processor, 70

See Processors/CPUs

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