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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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CHAPTER 10

Essential Peripherals

In this chapter, you will learn how to

• Explain how to support multipurpose connectors

• Identify and install standard peripherals on a computer

• Identify and install standard storage devices (that aren’t SSDs or

HDDs) and their media

Modern computing devices sport a variety of peripherals—stuff you plug into

the system unit—that extend and enhance their capabilities. This chapter

looks at common ports first, then turns to a laundry list of standard

peripherals. The chapter finishes with a discussion of various mass storage

devices, such as flash drives and the fading but not yet gone optical disc

technologies.

NOTE This chapter does not cover ports or devices used for standalone

monitors, such as the typical computer desktop display. That’s such a big and

important topic that it gets its own chapter! Chapter 17, “Display

Technologies,” covers monitors and their ports in detail.

1001

Supporting Common Ports

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