Tech It To The Limit (CompTIA Tech+)
: In software development concepts, Python is an example of an interpreted language, whereas C++ is an example of this type of language.
What is a compiled language?
Apple Pay and Google Wallet rely on this short-range wireless technology to complete contactless payments.
Apple Pay and Google Wallet rely on this short-range wireless technology to complete contactless payments.
This intelligent networking device connects multiple networks together and routes data packets to their destinations based on IP addresses.
What is a router?
This type of malware encrypts a user's files and demands payment, usually in cryptocurrency, for the decryption key.
What is Ransomware?
This handheld tool is used by IT technicians to measure voltage, current, and continuity when testing power supplies and wall outlets.
What is a Multimeter?
In data structures, this specific data type only has two possible values: True or False.
What is a Boolean?
This hyper-fast, tiny form factor storage drive plugs directly into the motherboard and communicates over the PCIe bus rather than SATA.
What is an M.2 NVMe SSD?
This command-line tool sends ICMP "echo requests" to a target IP address to test the basic reachability of a host on a network.
What is ping?
An attack that floods a server with internet traffic from thousands of compromised devices to take it offline is known by this four-letter acronym.
What is a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack?
This system monitors the health of a hard drive and can warn a user or technician of an impending drive failure.
What is S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology)?
This acronym describes the network of physical physical devices—like smart thermostats and refrigerators—that connect and exchange data over the internet.
What is IoT (Internet of Things)?
This software layer creates, runs, and manages virtual machines on a host computer.
What is a Hypervisor?
In the TCP/IP model, this protocol operates on port 53 and acts as the "phonebook of the internet," translating human-readable domain names into IP addresses.
What is DNS (Domain Name System)?
A vulnerability in software that is actively exploited by hackers before the software developer is aware of it or has released a patch.
What is a Zero-day?
If you need to attach RJ-45 plastic connectors to the bare ends of a bulk twisted-pair ethernet cable, you will need this specific hand tool.
What is a crimper?
When creating a basic webpage, HTML provides the structure, and this language provides the visual styling.
What is CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)?
802.11ax is the technical IEEE standard for this generation of Wi-Fi.
What is Wi-Fi 6?
What is the network protocol responsible for the assignment of IP addressing
What is DHCP?
This practice involves authorized cybersecurity experts simulating cyberattacks on a computer system to evaluate its security.
What is Penetration Testing (or Pen Testing)?
When building a PC, this large, flat component acts as the central nervous system, connecting the CPU, RAM, and all other peripherals together.
What is the motherboard (or system board)?
This unique identifier ensures that every record in a relational database table is distinctly identifiable.
What is a Primary Key?
In cloud computing, subscribing to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace is an example of this service model.
What is SaaS (Software as a Service)?
What is the command we run to view our network information such as our IPV4 and IPV6 address?
What is ipconfig or ifconfig?
To protect the integrity of data, this is usually created to check the data against
What is a hash?
This Intel technology, built into modern CPUs, allows a single physical processor core to act as two logical processors, allowing the operating system to handle tasks more efficiently.
What is Hyper-Threading (or SMT - Simultaneous Multithreading)?