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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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user interface (UI) will switch between portrait and landscape modes based

on the device’s orientation in physical space.

script Set of text instructions that tells a computer a series of commands to

execute in a repeatable fashion.

scripting language Set of commands, syntax, variables, and format for

scripts to be used in a specific computer environment. For example, bash is a

scripting language often used in the Bash shell, which is common on UNIX

environments.

SCSI (small computer system interface) Long-lived storage drive

technology once common in the server market. Has been through many

iterations. Today, the SCSI command set lives on in Serial Attached SCSI

(SAS) hard drives. See also SAS.

SCSI ID Unique identifier used by SCSI devices. No two SCSI devices may

have the same SCSI ID.

SD (Secure Digital) Very popular format for flash media cards; also

supports I/O devices. In addition to full-sized SD cards, the format also

includes two smaller form factors: miniSD and microSD.

SDK (software development kit) Software that is used to create custom

apps or add features to existing apps on a mobile device.

SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) DRAM that is synchronous, or tied to the

system clock. This type of RAM is used in all modern systems.

Search box Location on the Windows 10 Taskbar where users can input

text and see suggestions (for settings, programs, files, and popular Web

searches) that may be related.

sector Magnetically preset storage areas on traditional magnetic hard drives.

On older hard drives, a sector held 512 bytes of data; modern drives use

4096-byte Advanced Format (AF) sectors.

Secure Boot UEFI feature that secures the boot process by requiring

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