Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Vista Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The use of 3D effects, animation, and new transparent visual features, called ____, enhances the fresh new look for Windows Vista and Windows applications. | Aero Glass |
| Graphics cards with a dedicated ____ allow Windows Vista to assign drawing operations directly to it, freeing the processor for other operations. | Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) |
| The ____ (formerly code-named “Avalon”) unifies the look and feel of the operating system for developers. | Windows Presentation Foundation |
| The ____ (formerly code-named “Indigo”) enables applications to send messages to each other. | Windows Communication Foundation |
| The ____ is a programming model that allows developers to quickly build workflow-enabled applications. | Windows Workflow Foundation |
| ____ allows for applications to keep track of a user’s security credentials (user ID and password) for one or more security systems. | Windows CardSpace |
| ____ adds the ability to securely encrypt the hard drive’s contents at a hardware level. | BitLocker Drive Encryption |
| Applications can track what network services are available using the ____ service as a central reference. | NLA |
| Component manufacturers that want their product to be tested with Windows Vista can submit their solution to the ____. | Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) |
| In the past, Microsoft maintained a ____ to keep track of which products would work with each operating system. | Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) |
| A single ____ in Windows represents a collection of data, files, and instructions with a specific purpose while it is running. | Process |
| If a thread is not finished running, perhaps because it had to wait or it was preempted, it is typically restarted on the same processor that previously ran it. This is known as ____. | Processor Affinity |
| ____ systems have more than one physical CPU. | Multiprocessor |
| ____ CPUs have extra hardware built in to allow more than one thread to be processed at the same time on a single CPU. | Hyper-Threading |
| ____ technology assumes that hardware components can be connected or activated at any time while the operating system is running. | Plug and Play |
| The ____ file system uses a 32-bit numbering system to increase the number of data blocks that can be managed and organized as part of a single partition. | FAT32 |
| The ____ was introduced with Windows NT 4 and has been replaced with UDF as a preference for formatting removable media such as CDs and DVDs. | CDFS |
| The ____ is a third-party standard that defines how to store data on removable media such as DVDs. | UDF |
| The ____ is a free tool provided by Microsoft to help IT administrators discover which of their existing applications are compatible with Windows Vista. | Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) |
| A software component that has ____ mode access has total access to all of the computer’s data and its hardware. | Kernel |
| A ____ is a collection of computers and users that are identified by a common security database. | Domain |
Created by:
paulysa