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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Video editing workstations, like CAD/CAM workstations, benefit

enormously from a professional-level graphics card. This is almost as

important as the fast CPU and piles of RAM; you won’t see a video editing

workstation without one.

Because video editing workstations are frequently used as audio editing

workstations, too, you will often find video editing workstations with the

same audio interfaces and control surfaces as you’d see on an audio editing

workstation. There are also video interfaces that enable editors to connect to

various cameras. Additionally, many video editors use custom keyboards that

have special labels and controls for popular video editing software.

EXAM TIP The CompTIA A+ 1001 objectives use the term audio/video

editing workstation, combining both types into a single thing. These

machines often do double duty, so that’s cool, and keep that in mind for the

exam. In practice, you’ll find dedicated audio editing workstations and

dedicated video editing workstations, as well as the combined units.

To wrap, an audio/video editing workstation needs:

• Specialized audio and video card

• Large, fast storage

• Very large amounts of RAM, often the maximum the system can

accept

• Dual monitors (or more)

Network Attached Storage Devices

How many computing devices are in your house right now? If you’re like me,

the answer is “a lot.” Between multiple smartphones, streaming media boxes,

game consoles, tablets, and various computers, you might shock yourself

with the count.

As more and more computing devices move into the home environment,

there’s a need for a centralized storage space, a network attached storage

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