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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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liquid contact indicator (LCI) Small sticker that permanently changes

color after getting wet, often from white to red. Installed at various locations

inside mobile and portable devices.

liquid cooling A method of cooling a PC that works by running some liquid

—usually water—through a metal block that sits on top of the CPU,

absorbing heat. The liquid gets heated by the block, runs out of the block and

into something that cools the liquid, and is then pumped through the block

again.

lithium polymer (LiPo) Technically, a variant of Li-Ion batteries that use a

solid, polymer electrolyte. In practice, this term is commonly applied to

traditional Li-Ion batteries packed in polymer bags.

local area network See LAN.

Local Security Policy Windows tool used to set local security policies on

an individual system.

local user account List of user names and their associated passwords with

access to a system, contained in an encrypted database.

Local Users and Groups Tool enabling creation and changing of group

memberships and accounts for users.

location data Information provided by a mobile device’s GPS; used for

mapping functions as well as for location-aware services, such as finding

nearby restaurants or receiving coupons for nearby shops.

location services Mobile device feature that can detect the device’s

location, enabling apps to request and use this information to provide

location-aware services, such as finding nearby restaurants.

log files Files created in Windows to track the progress of certain processes.

logical drives Sections of an extended partition on a hard drive that are

formatted and (usually) assigned a drive letter, each of which is presented to

the user as if it were a separate drive.

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