Absolute Beginner's Guide to A+ Certification

Appendix. Glossary

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2-megapixel

Refers to digital cameras with a charge-coupled device (CCD), which has approximately two million pixels. Resolution is approximately 1,536×1,024 pixels.

3-megapixel

Refers to digital cameras with a CCD having approximately three million pixels. Resolution is approximately 2,048×1,536 pixels.

5-pin DIN

Original IBM PC/AT keyboard connector. Electronically identical to 6-pin mini-DIN connector.

6-pin mini-DIN

Also called the PS/2 keyboard connector; adapters can convert between 6-pin and 5-pin keyboards and connectors.

6x86

VIA (originally Cyrix) Pentium-class CPU (also known as MII).

8-bit color

2⁸ (256) colors.

9-pin

Printhead design on dot-matrix printers that is optimized for multipart forms.

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