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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. AMI
DCE
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
Alternate Mark Inversion
Full Duplex NIC Communication
2. Distinct communication path between two or more nodes; may be separated logically or physically
plenum cables
ISO
::1
Channel
3. Enables network managers to continuously monitor network activity
device address
fixing cross talk
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Category 3
4. SNMP
Braiding
Simple Network Management Protocol
Subnetmask
Application
5. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
5-4-3 rule
Segments
WAN
signal
6. Failure of an IDPS to react to an actual attack event
point to multipoint
false negative
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
SMTP
7. Used on many UNIX/LINUX systems to provide authentication security for TCP/IP applications such as Telnet and FTP
digital signal
kereberos
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Secure Shell (SSH)
8. Radio frequency interference
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
installing cable
Session Layer
RFI
9. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
stateful firewall
Demarcation Point
dedicated lines
communications media
10. Set of protocols that specify how wireless networks works. Most common are currently B and G. N is an emerging standard.
CSMA/CA
802.11
Loose network cable connection
Management Information Base
11. Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP - however it does not include mechanisms for ensuring timely delivery
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Flow Control
dig (domain information groper)
packet
12. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings
voltage
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
ICS host
EIA/TIA
13. Moving from one BSS to another without losing connectivity
star wired bus
switch
logical address
roaming
14. Data only
goodput
logical address
POP3
Digital
15. LPR
Transport
Line Printer Remote
attenuation
network layer
16. Trivial file transfer protocol
collision detection
port 80
TFTP
baseband
17. Activities finalize restoration of operations to a normal state and seek to identify source and method of intrusion to ensure same type of attack cannot occur again
intrusion correction
2.4-GHz band
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
switch
18. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
false negative
client/server
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
twisted shielded pair
19. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication
SNMP
kereberos
full duplex
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
20. Small network 192-223
SSID
RARP
Default Gateway
Class C Network
21. A specially configured connection on a network device that is capable of viewing all the traffic that moves through the entire device.
monitoring port (SPAN port)
Domain Name
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Class A Network
22. Method of gauging the appropriate rate of data transmission based on how fast he recipient can accept data
flow control
RFI
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Patch Panel
23. Is a system that is distributed throughout the internetwork to provide address/name resolution.
medium
WAN
Domain Name System (DNS)
Presentation layer
24. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
Round Trip Time
MultiMode Fiber
Network interface card (NIC)
Multiplexer
25. Time division multiplexing
Device power off
carrier sense
TDM
LLC
26. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
802.11n
lpr filename
Internet Connection Sharing
802.3af
27. A device that converts an analog to digital signal and vice versa
Correct subnet mask
port 22
modem
802.5
28. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
WAN Connectivity
DCE
Ferrule
plain old telephone service (POTS)
29. Internet assigned numbers authority
Default Gateway
IANA
ANSI
authentication
30. Basic service set: a group of stations that share an access point
ring topology
BSS
segmentation
ICS host
31. Transport Layer
OSI Layer 4
10Base-T
frame
nslookup
32. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
route
2.4-GHz band
NIC
33. Protocol data unit. An OSI term to refer generically to a grouping of information by a particular layer of the OSI model. More specifically - an LxPDU would imply the data and headers as defined by Layer x.
PDU
SMTP
Presentation
Ring topology
34. Also called the star-ring hybrid - topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
star-wired ring topology
GBIC
TFTP
IP (Internet Protocol)
35. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.
analog dis
flow control
Default Gateway
MS-CHAP
36. Physical layer. 1 gpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. cat 5e or higher utp. twisted pair.
1000base-t
authentication
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
PSTN
37. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
ITU
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Group Policy Object
38. Networking technology developed at Xerox in the 70s and improved by Digital Equipment Corp - Inel - and Xerox. Most common form of network transmission - follows IEEE 802.3 standard
Network News Transport Protocol
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Localhost
Ethernet
39. Application layer protocol that formulates and interprets requests between Web clients and servers
10 Gigabit Ethernet
signal
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
40. The process in which an attacker obtains confidential information by contacting employees and deceiving them into giving up passwords - IP addresses - server names - and so on.
Internet Relay Chat
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
Shielded Twised Pair
social engineering
41. Different upload/download speeds.
asymmetrical transmission
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
OSI Layer 4
wavelength
42. Port used during a domain name lookup
File Transfer Protocol
port 53
Network Address Translation
digital signal
43. A service on a node
ethernet
ICAN
ports
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
44. What does POP3 stand for?
protocol and services
impedance
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Post Office Protocol
45. Reverse address resolution protocol
encapsulate
bandwidth
RARP
Internet Protocol
46. Where demarc is located if an organization follows structured cabling standards
RS-232
entrance facilities
analog signal
CD-ROM File System
47. GSNW
Application Layer (Layer 7)
802.5
802.2
Gateway Services for NetWare
48. Reflection in multiple different directions of a signal
Telnet
Frequency
scattering
Ring topology
49. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
RTT
Braiding
analog
802.3
50. An IP addressing convention that adheres to network class distinctions - in which the first 8 bits of a Class A address - the first 16 bits of a Class B address - and the first 24 bits of a Class C address are used for network Information
Class E Network
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Presentation layer
Classful Addressing