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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) Originally,

computer systems had a standalone CMOS chip—a tiny bit RAM hooked up

to a small battery that enabled it to hold system settings for the BIOS

firmware even with the computer off. This has long since been incorporated

into the chipset. CMOS is often informally used to refer to the CMOS setup

program or system setup utility.

CMOS battery A coin cell lithium-ion battery that maintains power to the

CMOS memory chip when the computer is otherwise unpowered. The usual

battery size is CR2032.

CMOS clear A jumper setting or button on the motherboard that, when set,

will revert CMOS settings to the factory defaults.

CMOS setup program Program enabling you to access and update CMOS

data. Also referred to as the system setup utility, BIOS setup utility,

UEFI/BIOS setup, and similar names.

CNR (communications and networking riser) Proprietary slot used on

some motherboards to provide a connection for modems, sound cards, and

NICs that is free from sound interference.

coaxial cable Cabling in which an internal conductor is surrounded by

another, outer conductor, thus sharing the same axis.

code Set of symbols representing characters (e.g., ASCII code) or

instructions in a computer program (a programmer writes source code, which

must be translated into executable or machine code for the computer to use).

code names Names that keep track of different variations within CPU

models.

codec (compressor/decompressor) Software that compresses or

decompresses media streams.

color depth (display) The number of bits (the bit depth) necessary to

represent the number of colors in a graphics mode. Common color bit depths

are 16-bit and 32-bit, representing 65,536 colors and 16.7 million colors (plus

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