A+ Certification For Dummies

A study guide for the A+ Core exam covers basic electronics, memory and storage systems, bus structures, serial and parallel ports, peripherals, hardware installation, upgrading and maintaining CPUs, and the Windows and DOS operating systems

Ron Gilster (i-Net+, Network+, A+, MBA, and AAGG) has been involved with the Internet and World Wide Web for more than seven years as a trainer, teacher, developer, merchant, and end user. He has more than 33 years of total computing experience, including more than 13 years networking computers. Ron is employed by HighSpeed.com, a leading LMDS, DSL, and broadband communications company and regional ISP, where he is responsible for the internal and external networking infrastructure of the corporation, including VPN, telephony, intranet, extranet, and Internet operations.

He is the author if A+ Certification for Dummies, Network+ Certification for Dummies, and CCNA for Dummies, plus several books on networking, the Internet, computer and information literacy, and programming.

Ron is also the proud father of Jeana, Rob, Kirstin, and Mimi, and the loving husband to Diane. He and his wife show Irish Wolfhounds and Bichon Havanese dogs, that is, when he's not pounding on the keyboard.