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35 Cards in this Set
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A Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 directory database and service that allows for a single point of administration for all shared resources on a network, including files, peripheral devices, databases, Web sites, users, and services.
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Active Directory
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Primary partition on the hard drive that boots the OS. Windows NT/2000/XP calls the active partition the System Partition.
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Active Partition
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In Windows NT/2000/XP, an account that grants to the administrator(s) rights and permissions to all hardware and software resources, such as the right to add, delete, and change accounts and to change hardware configurations.
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Administrator Account
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Specifications developed by Intel, Compaq, Phoenix, Microsoft, and Toshiba to control power on notebooks and other devices. Windows 98 and Windows 2000/XP support ACPI.
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface(ACPI)
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Text file that contains information that Windows NT/2000/XP requires in order to do an unattended installation.
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Answer File
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In Windows NT, a computer on a network that holds a read-only copy of the SAM (security accounts manager) database.
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Backup Domain Controller (BDC)
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Startup menu that gives the user the choice of which OS to load such as Windows 98 of Windows XP which are both installed on the same system, creating a Dual Boot.
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Boot Load Menu
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Hard drive partition where the Windows NT/2000/XP OS is stored. The System Partition and the boot partition may be different partitions.
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Boot Partition
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Infectious program that can replace the boot program with a modified, infected version, often causing boot and data retrieval problems.
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Boot Sector Virus
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Computer concept whereby one computer (the client) requests information from another computer (the server).
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Client/Server
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Also called Drive Imaging
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Disk Cloning
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File server holding Windows setup files used to install Windows on computers networked to the server.
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Distribution Server
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In Windows NT/2000/XP, a logical group of networked computers, such as those on a college campus, that share a centralized directory database of user accounts information and security for the entire domain.
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Domain
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Windows NT/2000 or Windows Server 2003 computer which holds and controls a database of:
1) User accounts 2) Group accounts and 3) Computer accounts used to manage access to the network. |
Domain Controller
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Making an exact copy of a hard drive, including partition information, boot sectors, OS installation, and application software to replicate the hard drive on another system or recover from a hard drive crash. Also called ¬Disk Cloning or Disk Imaging.
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Drive Imaging
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Ability to boot using either of two Oss, such as Windows 98 and Windows XP.
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Dual Boot
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In Windows NT/2000/XP, a group of components running in kernel mode that interfaces between the subsystems in user mode and the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
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Executive Services
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The only partition on a hard drive that can contain more than one logical drive.
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Extended Partition
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Low level part of Windows NT/2000/XP, written specifically for each CPU technology, so that only one HAL must change when platform components change.
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Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
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Windows NT/2000/XP “privileged” processing mode that has access to hardware.
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Kernel Mode
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Database used by the NTFS file system to track contents of a logical drive.
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Master File Table (MFT)
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Windows 2000 mode for domain controllers used when there is at least one Windows NT domain controller on the network.
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Mixed Mode
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Ability to pass more than one function (thread) to the OS kernel at the same time, such as when one thread is performing a print job while another reads a file.
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Multithreading
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An emulated environment in which a 16-bit DOS application resides within Windows NT/2000/XP with its own memory space or Win16 on Win 32 (WOW).
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NT Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM)
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A network of computers that are all equals, or peers. Each computer has the same amount of authority, and each can act as a server to the other computer.
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Peer-to-Peer Network
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In a Windows NT network, the computer that controls the directory database of user accounts, group accounts, and computer accounts on a domain. See also Backup Domain Controller (BDC).
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Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
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Hard disk partition that can contain only one logical drive.
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Primary Partition
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Process that Microsoft uses to prevent software piracy.
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Product Activation
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Portion of Windows NT/2000/XP registry that manages the account database that contains accounts, policies, and other pertinent information about local accounts.
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Security Accounts Manager
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Wasted space on a hard drive caused by not using all available space at the end of clusters.
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Slack
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Active partition of the hard drive containing the boot record and the specific files required to load Windows NT/2000/XP.
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System Partition
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Each process that the CPU is aware of; a single task that is part of a longer task or program.
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Thread
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Windows NT/2000/XP installation that is done by storing the answers to installation questions in a text file or script that Windows NT/2000/XP calls an answer file so that the answers do not have to be typed in during the installation.
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Unattended Installation
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Group of programs provided by Windows NT/2000/XP to create a virtual DOS environment that emulates a 16-bit Windows environment. Protecting the rest of the OS from 16-bit applications.
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Win 16 on Win 32 (WOW)
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In Windows, a logical group of computers and users in which administration, resources, and security are distributed throughout the network, without centralized management or security.
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Workgroup
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