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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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dumpster diving To go through someone’s trash in search of information.

DUN (Dial-up Networking) Software used by Windows to govern the dialup

connection between the modem and the ISP.

duplexing Similar to mirroring in that data is written to and read from two

physical drives, for fault tolerance. Separate controllers are used for each

drive, both for additional fault tolerance and for additional speed. Considered

RAID level 1. Also called disk duplexing or drive duplexing.

duplexing assembly Mechanical feature of some printers that can

automatically flip the paper to print on both sides.

DVD (digital versatile disc) Optical disc format that provides for 4–17 GB

of video or data storage.

DVD-ROM DVD equivalent of the standard CD-ROM.

DVD-RW/DVD+RW Incompatible rewritable DVD media formats.

DVD-video DVD format used exclusively to store digital video; capable of

storing over 2 hours of high-quality video on a single DVD.

DVI (digital visual interface) Special video connector designed for digitalto-digital

connections; most commonly seen on PC video cards and LCD

monitors. Some versions also support analog signals with a special adapter.

dxdiag (DirectX Diagnostics Tool) Diagnostic tool for getting information

about and testing a computer’s DirectX version.

dye-sublimation printer Printer that uses a roll of heat-sensitive plastic

film embedded with dyes, which are vaporized and then solidified onto

specially coated paper to create a high-quality image.

dynamic disks Special feature of Windows that enables users to span a

single volume across two or more drives. Dynamic disks do not have

partitions; they have volumes. Dynamic disks can be striped, mirrored, and

striped or mirrored with parity.

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