Chapter 12. Video and Audio

This chapter covers the following A+ exam topics:

The Video Subsystem

The Audio Subsystem

You can find a master list of A+ exam topics in the “Introduction.”

This chapter covers CompTIA A+ 220-801 objectives 1.4, 1.6, 1.10, and 1.11, and CompTIA A+ 220-802 objectives 1.5, and 4.4.

Video makes a computer sparkle, and audio makes it rock. This chapter describes the technologies and devices that transform the computer from a boring block of metal to a multimedia juggernaut. We could talk about video and audio for days, but lucky for you this chapter has a page limit! So we’ll stick to what you need to know for the exam.

This chapter is broken down into two sections: first, the video subsystem, which includes the ...

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