Comptia A+ Cheat Sheet
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FTP Port Number
20, 21
SSH Port Number
22
TELNET Port Number
23
SMTP Port Number
25
DNS Port Number
53
BootP / DHCP Port Number
67, 68
TFTP Port Number
69
HTTP Port Number
80
POP3 Port Number
110
NNTP Port Number
119
NTP Port Number
123
IMAP4 Port Number
143
SNMP Port Number
161
BGP Port Number
179
LDAP Port Number
389
HTTPS Port Number
443
RDP Port Number
3389
Secure SMTP Port Number
465 or 587
Secure IMAP Port Number
993
Secure POP Port Number
995
SIP Port Number
5060 / 5061
RTP Port Number
5004 / 5005
DDR Memory Pin Count
184
DDR2 Memory Pin Count
240
DDR3 Memory Pin Count
240
DDR4 Memory Pin Count
288
Thunderbolt 1 - Transfer Rate
10 Gbps
Thunderbolt 2 - Transfer Rate
20 Gbps
Thunderbolt 3 - Transfer Rate
40 Gbps
USB 1.1 - Transfer Rate
12 Mbps
USB 2.0 - Transfer Rate
480 Mbps
USB 3.0 - Transfer Rate
5 Gbps
USB 3.1 - Transfer Rate
10 Gbps
Lightning cable - Transfer Rate
480 Mbps
SATA 1.0 - Transfer Rate
1.5 Gbps
SATA 2.0 - Transfer Rate
3.0 Gbps
SATA 3.0 - Transfer Rate
6.0 Gbps
SATA 3.2 - Transfer Rate
16 Gbps
eSATA - Transfer Rate
3.0 Gbps (remember: same as SATA 2.0)
IEEE1394a - Transfer Rate
400 Mbps
IEEE1394b - Transfer Rate
800 Mbps
CAT3 - Transfer Rate
10 Mbps
CAT5 - Transfer Rate
100 Mbps
CAT5e - Transfer Rate
1 Gbps
CAT6 - Transfer Rate
True 1 Gbps
CAT6a - Transfer Rate
10 Gbps
CAT6e - Transfer Rate
1000 Mbps
CAT7 - Transfer Rate
10 Gbps +
Bluetooth 3.0 - Transfer Rate
24 Mbps
802.11a - Transfer Rate
54 Mbps
802.11b - Transfer Rate
11 Mbps
802.11g - Transfer Rate
54 Mbps
802.11n - Transfer Rate
300 Mbps
802.11ac - Transfer Rate
1.0 Gbps
802.11a - Frequency
5 GHz
802.11b - Frequency
2.4 GHz
802.11g - Frequency
2.4 GHz
802.11n - Frequency
2.4 and 5 GHz
802.11ac - Frequency
5 GHz
T568A pin colors
1. Green Striped 2. Green Solid 3. Orange Striped 4. Blue Solid 5. Blue Striped 6. Orange Solid 7. Brown Striped 8. Brown Solid
T568B pin colors
1. Orange Striped 2. Orange Solid 3. Green Striped 4. Blue Solid 5. Blue Stripe 6. Green Solid 7. Brown Stripe 8. Brown Solid
IPv4 Public Addresses
Class A: (1)-(126) Class B: (128)-(191) Class C: (192)-(223) Class D: (224)-(239) Class E: (240)-(255)
IPv4 Private Addresses
Class A: (10.X.X.X) Class B: (172.16.X.X)-(172.31.X.X) Class C: (192.168.X.X)
IPv4 APIPA Address
169.254.X.X
IPv4 L
127.0.0.1
Intel Socket T Number
775
Intel Socket B Number
1366
Intel Socket H Number
1156
Intel Socket H2 Number
1155
Intel Socket H3 Number
1150
Intel Socket R Number
2011
SATA data - Pin Count
7
SATA power - Pin Count
15
HDMI - Pin Count
19
Display Port - Pin Count
20
VGA - Pin Count
15
Serial Port - Pin Count
9
Parallel Port - Pin Count
25
Floppy Berg - Pin Count
4 (Remember: Berg = Power)
PATA Data - Pin Count
40
THE Molex - Pin Count
4
CPU Fan Connector - Pin Count
4
Chassis Fan Connector - Pin Count
3
Main ATX Power - Pin Count
24
RJ-45 - Pin Count
8
RJ-11 - Pin Count
4
BNC - Pin Count
2
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