CompTIA A+ Complete Deluxe Study Guide

1227 Pages·2012·25.35 MB·English

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CompTIA
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A+ Complete
Deluxe Study Guide
Second Edition
Quentin Docter
Emmett Dulaney
Toby Skandier
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Development Editor: Alexa Murphy
Technical Editors: Naomi Alpern and Ian Seaton
Production Editor: Dassi Zeidel
Copy Editor: Judy Flynn
Editorial Manager: Pete Gaughan
Production Manager: Tim Tate
Vice President and Executive Group Publisher: Richard Swadley
Vice President and Publisher: Neil Edde
Media Project Manager 1: Laura Moss-Hollister
Media Associate Producer: Shawn Patrick
Media Quality Assurance: Marilyn Hummel
Book Designers: Judy Fung and Bill Gibson
Compositor: Craig Woods, Happenstance Type-O-Rama
Proofreader: Josh Chase, Word One New York
Indexer: Ted Laux
Project Coordinator, Cover: Katherine Crocker
Cover Designer: Ryan Sneed
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For Karen, Kristin, Evan, and Spencer
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Acknowledgments
As we were putting together this book, I was reminded of the proverb that begins, “It takes a
small village…” That beginning defnitely holds true to create a book of this scope and size.
From beginning to end, there are scores of dedicated professionals focused on delivering the
best book possible to you the readers.
First, I need to thank my coauthors, Emmett Dulaney and Toby Skandier. Their dedication
to producing an excellent book that will best serve the needs of our readers is inspiring. Now,
onto the rest of the team.
Jeff Kellum and Alexa Murphy kept us on track and moving forward, which was a chal-
lenge at times. Dassi Zeidel had the fun job of keeping us organized, which is akin to herd-
ing cats. Tech editors Naomi Alpern and Ian Seaton provided a great set of expert eyes and
made excellent suggestions. Copyeditor Judy Flynn reminded me yet again that I am no mas-
ter of the English language and saved me from butchering it (too badly). Many thanks also
go out to proofreader Josh Chase at Word One, our indexer Ted Laux, and Craig Woods,
our compositor at Happenstance. Without their great contributions this book would not
have made it to your hands.
—Quentin Docter
I would like to thank Jeff Kellum—an acquisitions editor who knows how to do a diffcult job
extremely well. I would also like to thank my coauthors, Quentin Docter and Toby Skandier,
without whom this text would have never happened.
—Emmett Dulaney
Quentin Docter and Emmett Dulaney are two of the most professional and expert coauthors
anyone could request. I had the great fortune a few editions ago to be brought onboard this
project without the need to request them. Truer serendipity is hard to fnd in this world.
Thanks, guys.
I would like to thank our acquisitions editor, Jeff Kellum, and development editor,
Alexa Murphy, for their expert guidance and project management. Without them, a work
of this magnitude would surely be doomed.
Thanks to our technical editors, Naomi Alpern and Ian Seaton, for doing such a great
job fagging any technical issues that existed during the writing process. I don’t know how
to possibly thank our production editor, Dassi Zeidel, and copyeditor, Judy Flynn, for the
tireless work they put into parsing every word and image that was sent their way. This
book is infnitely better as a result of their pains.
In addition, I’d like to thank our proofreader Josh Chase at Word One, indexer Ted Laux,
typesetter Craig Woods, and the media developers, Laura Moss-Hollister, Shawn Patrick,
and Marilyn Hummel.
Thank you to my associates at Global Knowledge and CenturyLink for the support and
challenges you continue to offer.
—Toby Skandier
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