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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Strategy in which all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
bandwidth
fully distributed control strategy
Secure Shell (SSH)
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
2. Distance between corresponding points on cycle
Application
transport layer
wavelength
255.255.255.252
3. A process in which a digital signature is placed in a driver. The digital signature helps ensure that the driver is tested and is compatible with the operating system and device for which it is written.
fiber optic connector
driver signing
reflection
media
4. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory
TDM
LDAP
communications services
rollover cable
5. Public switched telephone network
communications media
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
pstn
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
6. Communications cable that has no shielding material between the pair of insulated wires twisted together and the cable's outside jacket.
Application
Mesh topology
ethernet
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
7. A network that links multiple LANs in a large city or metropolitan region.
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
66 Block
Domain Controller
fault tolerance
8. IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer
Mail Exchanger
802.2
SMTP
PSTN
9. Network layer service that subdivides segments it receives from the Transport layer into smaller packets
multiprotocol label switching
Localhost
fragmentation
simplex
10. Layer 7
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
fractionalizing
Application
11. A type of transmission in which the entire channel capacity of the communications medium (such as cable) is used by one data signal - enabling only one node to transmit at a time.
baseband
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
t1 connection
POP3
12. Positive and zero. 1 and 0's.
MS-CHAP
analog adv
binary
Repeater
13. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
full mesh
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
throughput
RIP
14. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
AM
802.16
Domain Name System (DNS)
15. The combination of an IP address's network ID and subnet information. By interpreting the address's extended network prefix - a device can determine the subnet to which an address belongs.
Network Address Translation
token
EAPoL
Extended Network Prefix
16. A logical process of combining bits. In ANDing - a bit with a value of 1 plus another bit with a value of 1 results in a 1. A bit with a value of 0 plus any other bit results in a 0.
ppptp
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Loose network cable connection
ANDing
17. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
redirector
private network
multimeter
Frame
18. RAS
Remote Access Service
network class C
false positive
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
19. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
ISOC
signal bounce
star topology
multimeter
20. Is a secure form of HTTP
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
HTTPS
Multiplexer
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
21. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
MPLS
bus topology
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
intrusion
22. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
Network layer
driver
Port Numbers
RealVNC
23. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.
NTP
ATM
flow control
ATU-R
24. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
Session Layer (Layer 5)
full duplex
EMI
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
25. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
reassembly
Crossover Cable
Frequency
client/server
26. Logical link control
communications services
LLC
Universal serial bus
10Base-T
27. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
AUI
Near End Cross Talk
28. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
intrusion correction
Zero Configuration
ANSI
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
29. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
route
analog dis
Category 5e
Transmission Control Protocol
30. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
SMTP server name
Incorrect device drivers
Internet Key Exchange
SNMP
31. A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Network Switching
AM
Bend Radius
backbone
32. A network transport control method used in Ethernet networks. It regulates transmission by sensing the presence of packet collisions.
hub
Crosstalk
ring topology
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
33. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive
ISDN
802.11b
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Apple File Protocol
34. Compresses
Device power off
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
802.2
Presentation
35. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
subnetting purpose
TCP/IP protocol failure
installing cable
802.11
36. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
bandwidth
PAT (Port Address Translation)
DHCP
MPLS
37. The wave splits into secondary waves
Segments
diffraction
RTS/CTS
signal
38. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
IANA
Network
segment
Integrated Services Digital Network
39. IANA
Hubs
RAS
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
40. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission
Faulty network cable
Optical Loss
Network layer
CSMA/CA
41. LPD
SONET
access point
Line Printer Daemon
802.11n
42. A computer that accesses another computer - such as a workstation that accesses a shared file on another workstation - server - or mainframe. The client may use the accessed computer (host) to process data - or may process accessed data using its own
back door
analog dis
client
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
43. L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Serial
Frequency Modulation
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
44. An established guideline that specifies how networked data is formatted into a packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.
Protocol
Block ID
back door
Overhead
45. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical
incremental backup
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
transmit
Class D Network
46. PRI
connectionless
Session
Primary Rate Interface
Internetwork Packet Exchange
47. The oldest type of network design with - this topology consist fo multiple nodes attached to a central hub - switch - or router.
BOOTP
peer-to-peer network
star topology
session layer
48. Device that separates a medium into multiple channels and issues signals to each of those subchannels
HTTPS
1550bytes
Multiplexer
leased line
49. Model for understanding and developing computer-to-computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
computer network
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
50. A service used via the Application layer to recognize and access other layers
Impedance
redirector
Device power off
digital