Active Directory
The Microsoft Management Console snap-in that you use to administer Active Directory
What is ADUC (Active Directory Users & Computers)?
A type of firmware that is stored on a chip on your motherboard and configures your hardware before handing it off to a boot device.
What is the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)?
A suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet.
What is TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)?
This Windows version was considered a big comeback from Microsoft and included improved stability, running faster on the same hardware, and reduced UAC problems.
What is Window 7?
A label used by software developers and computer hardware manufacturers to describe a product that is no longer supported.
What is EOL or End of Life?
Used to give or deny access to specific resources within a domain
What is a Security Group?
An industry standard that establishes specifications for cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power supply between computers, peripherals and other computers with 14 different connector types.
What is a USB (Univeral Serial Bus)?
System that converts human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses.
What is Domain Name System (DNS)?
This version of Windows added native networking support.
What is Windows for Workgroups 3.11?
Layer of programming that allows a computer OS to interact with a hardware device at a general level.
What is the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)?
A container that enables organization objects such as users, and computers.
What is an Organizational Unit (OU)?
A group of integrated circuits that are designed to work together.
What is a chipset?
Type of Ethernet cable used to connect two devices of the same type, such as two computers.
What is a Crossover cable?
This version of Windows adopted the stability of the 32-bit Windows NT kernel and the user interface of Windows 95.
What is Windows NT 4.0?
An onboard, battery-powered semiconductor chip inside computers that stores information
What is CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
Permissions that allow you to define who is authorized to access a file or folder.
What is NTFS or New Technology File System?
A motherboard form factor specification developed by Intel in 1995 to improve on previous factor standards like the AT form factor.
What is Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)?
Process of converting data into a form that cannot be read by unauthorized individuals.
What is encryption?
This version of Windows added USB support.
What is Windows 98 SE?
An operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
What is MS-DOS?
A deleted object from AD that has not been removed from the database.
What is a tombstone?
A measure of computational performance that leans the on complex floating-point operations.
What are FLOPS (Floating point operations per second)?
The internet was invented by this agency in 1983.
What is ARPANET?
Bill Gates was initially planning to name Windows this.
What is Interface Manager?
A module for systems with limited space, such as notebook computers, small-size industrial computers, and embedded systems.
What is sodimm?