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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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baud One analog cycle on a telephone line. In the early days of telephone

data transmission, the baud rate was often analogous to bits per second. Due

to advanced modulation of baud cycles as well as data compression, this is no

longer true.

bcdedit Command-line tool that enables you to view the BCD store, which

lists the Windows boot options.

BD-R (Blu-ray Disc-Recordable) Blu-ray Disc format that enables writing

data to blank discs.

BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc-REwritable) Blu-ray Disc equivalent of the

rewritable DVD, allows writing and rewriting several times on the same BD.

See Blu-ray Disc.

BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc-Read Only Media) Blu-ray Disc equivalent of a

DVD-ROM or CD-ROM. See Blu-ray Disc.

beep codes Series of audible tones produced by a motherboard during the

POST. These tones identify whether the POST has completed successfully or

whether some piece of system hardware is not working properly. Consult the

manual for your particular motherboard for a specific list of beep codes.

binary numbers Number system with a base of 2, unlike the number

systems most of us use that have bases of 10 (decimal numbers), 12

(measurement in feet and inches), and 60 (time). Binary numbers are

preferred for computers for precision and economy. An electronic circuit that

can detect the difference between two states (on–off, 0–1) is easier and more

inexpensive to build than one that could detect the differences among ten

states (0–9).

biometric authentication Authentication process using biometric data such

as voice, fingerprints, or retinal scans.

biometric device Hardware device used to support authentication; works by

scanning and remembering a unique aspect of a user’s various body parts

(e.g., retina, iris, face, or fingerprint) by using some form of sensing device

such as a retinal scanner.

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