A computer configuration that is not a stock or standard configuration to better fit the computer to a specified task.

1)      Custom System Configuration

Computer aided drafting/computer aided manufacturing.

2)      CAD/CAM

Creating an environment in which operating systems or applications run on a software-created simulation of a computer rather than directly on the computer hardware itself.

3)      Virtualization

A computer used to run locally stored and locally processed applications.

4)      Standard Thick Client

A computer used to access network stored and processed applications.

5)      Thin Client

A PC optimized to provide file, print, and backup services on a home or SOHO network.

6)      Home Server PC

A Microsoft Windows application that displays information about a computer’s operating system, hardware, and environment (MSInfo32.exe).

7)      System Information

A Microsoft Windows utility that displays detailed information about the computer hardware in the system, including status and driver information.

8)      Device Manager

A third-party ActiveX web-based program that identifies the computer’s operating system, hardware, Windows version, and security status.

9)      Belarc System Advisor

A third-party system analysis program that provides extensive technical information on a computer’s hardware.

10)      SiSoftware Sandra

A third-party CPU identification program that provides extensive technical information on a CPU’s features and revision level.

11)      CPU-Z

A video camera designed for live chat sessions. Resolutions range from sub-VGA to 1080p HD.

12)      Webcam

A camera that uses a digital image sensor instead of film. Most use flash memory cards for storage.

13)      Digital Camera

How Microsoft Windows identifies devices such as digital cameras or scanners in My Computer/Computer.

14)      Imaging Device

An add-on card designed for digital sound recording and playback. Plugs into a PCI or PCIe x1 slot.

15)      Sound Card

A series of computer specifications originally developed by Intel and Microsoft in the late 1990s. Most of its recommendations are obsolete, but the port color coding it contains continues to be followed by the industry.

16)      PC99 System Design Guide

Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A standard developed for the storage and playback of music based on digital sampling of actual musical instruments.

17)      MIDI

An analog audio codec standard that supports 96kHz sampling and 20-bit stereo playback. Most implementations support jack sensing.

18)      AC’97 Version 2.3 Audio

An Intel standard for High Definition Audio (also known as HAD or Azalia). It supports 192kHz 32-bit sampling in stereo and 96kHz 32-bit sampling for up to eight channels.

19)      HD Audio

The process of capturing live video from analog or digital sources and storing it as a computer file.

20)      Video Capture

A device that can receive analog or digital TV from over-the-air or cable TV sources for live playback or storage for later viewing.

21)      TV Tuner

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Some or all material taken from:

Soper, Mark Edward, David L. Prowse, Scott Mueller,

“Customized PCs and Multimedia Devices.”

Chap. 8 In CompTIA A+ 220-801 and 220-802

Authorized Cert Guide, Deluxe Edition.

Indianapolis: Pearson, 2013

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