| A | B |
|---|
| GUI | Graphic User Interface |
| Hard Boot/Cold Boot | Turning on the power switch on a computer |
| Soft Boot/Warm Boot | Restarting a computer or pressing the reset switch |
| Plug an Play (PnP) | Standard designed to make installation of hardware devices easier |
| File System | Responsible for storing the files and folders on a secondary storage device |
| FAT (File Allocation Table) | File allocation table that tracks locations of files on a disk |
| Tracks | Concentric rings on a hard disk |
| Sector | Segments of a track on a hard disk |
| Cluster | The smallest unit of space for storing data; one or more sectors in length |
| Directory Table/Root directory | Single table of files created on a system when the hard drive is formatted |
| Subdirectory/Child directory/Folder | Any directory table or folder that is contained within another parent directory |
| Path | Complete address of a file location |
| Filename | The letters and characters that identify a file before the period |
| File Extension | The three characters after the period in a filename that declare the type of file |
| Logical Drive/Volume | Is uniquely formatted and has it's own file system or root directory |
| POST | The ROM BIOS startup program that surveys hardware, resources, and system needs |
| Master Boot Record (MBR) | Small sector at the beginning of the hard drive that contains the program that locates the OS |
| Partition Table | Table located at the beginning of the drive that contains information about the location of each logical drive and active partition |
| Boot Record | Loads the first program file of the OS |
| Io.sys | Boot Record file of Windows 9X |
| Ntldr | Boot Record file of Windows 2000 |
| Msdos.sys/Command.com/Io.sys | Boot loader Programs that load Windows 9x into memory |
| Hidden File | File that does not appear in the directory list |
| RAM Drive | an area of memory that looks and acts like a hard drive, but it's memory is much faster |
| Autoexec.bat | automatically executed batch file |
| Batch file | a text file that contains a series of commands that are executed in order |
| Path Command | command used to locate program files |
| Set Command | command used to create and assign a value to an environmental variable that an application can later read |
| Restart Command | this command causes the system to reboot |
| Temp Command | comand that lets applications know where to store temporary files |
| Echo command | comand that turns on and off the displaying commands and messages |
| Command Prompt | prompt that indicates the drive that loaded the OS |
| Win Command | Command that Loads Windows |
| Bootable Disk/System Disk | Disk with enough software to load an operating system |
| Rescue Disk/Emergency Startup Disk | Bootable disk with repair utilities on it |
| Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs-Startup Disk-Create Disk | Instructions on how to create a startup disk in Windows 9x |
| Cabinet File | file that contains several compressed files |
| Start-Programs-Windows Explorer-Format-Full-Start | Instructions on how to create a bootable rescue disk in Windows 9x |
| Format A:/S | Command that formats a disk and gives it enough files to make the disk bootable |
| Dos Box | A command prompt window |
| Ctrl Key or F8 | Keys you hold down to boot to a command prompt |
| A:\>mem | Command that attempts to launch a mem file |
| A:\> c: | Specific command that changes the directory to the C drive from the A |
| Change Directory Command | Command that helps you change directories |
| Wildcards | Using the ? or * to execute a command on a group of files |
| A:\> C:\Windows\Command\Mem.exe | Specific command that executes the mem.exe file in the command subdirectory |
| dir a*.??? | Command that finds all the files on the a drive and that have a three letter file extension |
| mydocum~.doc | Example of a truncated file name |
| Mydocu~1.doc | Example of a truncated file name that has been duplicated by another file |
| Truncate | To shorten a filename to make naming conventions compatible with DOS |
| Dir | Command used to list files and directories |
| Type | Command that displays on screen the contents of a text file |
| Del or Erase | Command that erases files or groups of files |
| DIR Myfile.txt | Specific command that check to see if "myfile.txt" is present |
| Type Myfile.txt >PRN | Specific command that redirects myfile.txt to a printer to print |
| A:\DOCS> DEL *.* | Specific command that erases all files in the docs directory on the A drive |
| Undelete | Command that attempts to recover deleted files |
| Recover | Command that attempts to recover a file from damaged sectors on a disk |
| RECOVER A:\DOCS\MYFILE.TXT | Specific command that attemps to recover myfile.txt from damaged sectors on a disk |
| Diskcopy | Command that makes an exact duplicate of one complete diskette to another. |
| C:/>DISKCOPY A: A: | Specific Command that allows you to copy one diskette to another diskette using one floppy drive |
| Copy | Command that allow you to copy a single file or a group of files |
| Xcopy | A more powerful copy command that allow you to copy all files in a directory |
| XCOPY C:\DOCS\*.* A: /D:03/14/03 | Specific command that allows you to copy only files created or modified on March 14, 2003 |
| Deltree | Command that deletes the directory tree beginning with the subdirectory you specify, including all subdirectories within it |
| Mkdir [drive:]path or MD [drive:]path | Creates a subdirectory under a directory |
| MKDIR C:\GAME\CHESS | Specific command that creates a chess subdirectory within the game subdirectory |
| Rmdir Command | Command that removes an empty subdirectory that is not currently being used |
| C:\GAME> RD CHESS | Command that removes the chess subdirectory from the game directory |
| Attrib command | Command that displays or changes the read-only, archive, system, and hidden attributes assigned to files |
| ATTRIB +R MYFILE.TXT | Specific command that makes myfile.txt a read-only file |
| Unformat Command | Command that might be able to undo a recent or accidental format of a drive |
| UNFORMAT C: | Specific command that tries to undo an accidental format of the hard drive |
| PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:WINDOWS;C:\UTILITY | Specific command that searches multiple paths to try to find a file |
| Sys Command | Command that copies the system files needed to boot a disk or hard drive |
| SYS C: | Specific command that copies system files to the C drive |
| Chkdsk Command | Command that attempts to find and fix cluster errors on a hard disk |
| Chkdsk [drive:] /F /V | Specific check disk command that attemps to repair errors on a disk and displays path and filename info |
| Scandisk Command | Command that scans a disk for long filenames, lost and cross-linked clusters, directory tree structure, etc., and attempts to fix them |
| Scanreg Command | Command that attempts to repair a Windows 98 registry |
| Defrag Command | Command that examines the hard drive for fragmented files |
| Fragmented Files | Files written on a disk in non-contiguous clusters (clusters were skipped during write) |
| Extract Command | Extracts files from a cabinet file such as Ebd.cab on a startup disk |
| EXTRACT EBD.CAB DEBUG.EXE | Specific command that extracts debug.exe from the ebd.cab file |
| Debug program | Program that acts as an editor that can view and manipulate the components of a file system |
| Edit Program | Program that allows you to quickly edit text files while working at the command prompt |
| EDIT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT | Specific command that allows you to edit the autoexec file |
| Fdisk Command | Command used to prepare a hard drive for first use |
| Fdisk/MBR | Fdisk command that repairs a damaged MBR program stored on the beginning of the partition table |
| Format V | Format command that allows you to enter a volume label only once when formatting several disks |
| Format /S | Format command that allows you to store system files on a disk after formatting it so that the disk is bootable |
| Plug and Play was created to
| Ensure that gaming software could be played on all systems that conformed to the PnP standard |
| Plug and Play is not compliant with
| Windows NT |
| Which operation systems have PnP technology that doesn't need startup BIOS to assist in configurations? | Windows 2000 and Windows XP |
| Do not allow the assigning of system resources | Legacy devices |
| A file name that is not accepted by Windows 98 SE. | Maryland*98.doc |
| Partitions that exist for data storage | Primary and Extended |
