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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Transport Layer
OSI Layer 4
Network
link quality monitoring
client/server
2. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc
Electromagnetic Interference
Ring topology
Routing
network
3. Coordinates and maintains communications between two nodes on the network
session layer
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Server
DB-25 connector
4. AM
network class a
ppptp
EIA
Amplitude Modulation
5. The way nodes responds to a collision
goodput
transmit
collision detection
EAPoL
6. An advantage of networks
RARP
10Base-T
networks enable users to share resources
NetWare Loadable Module
7. Rules determining the format and transmission of data
Independent Computer Architecture
protocol
802.16
Class D Network
8. Protocol that encapsulates data for transmission over VPNs
L2TP
802.44
client
virture privat network (VPN)
9. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Alternative name: 1000BASE-LX - 1000BASE-SX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3z - Cable Type: Fiber max length 550m (sx) - 5 km(lx)
transmit
Amplitude Modulation
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
NNTP
10. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and broadcasts them out to the rest of the network.
ESS
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
Amplitude Modulation
hub
11. PPTP
intrusion detection
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
ISOC
addressing
12. Tool used to determine whether a customers line is obtaining dial tone from the CO
butt set
intrusion reaction
Virtual private network (VPN)
amplitude
13. A variation of CHAP designed by Microsoft
MS-CHAP
Network
Faulty network cable
twisted-pair cable
14. PRI
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
PPP
Bits
Primary Rate Interface
15. Data Link Layer
Transmission Control Protocol
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Network Switching
FDMA
16. Carrier sense multiple access w collision detection (network access method) ethernet
frame
ACK (acknowledgement)
CSMA/CD
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
17. Bus topology: A network design built by running cable from one PC or file server to the next - like links in a chain.
Bus topology
Independent Computer Architecture
geosynchronous
authentication
18. A device used to connect thicknet cable with a transceiver. A vampire bypasses the need to serve the cable - because the vampire tap has a metal tooth that pierces through the outside cable insulation (like a vampire) and connects with the copper wir
vampire tap
WAN
ICMP
connectivity device
19. L2TP
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
Firewall configured correctly
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Frequency Modulation
20. 12-character string that uniquely identifies a network node - hard coded into the NIC by the manufacturer; composed ot the block ID and device ID
IP gateway in NAT
routing
MAC address
frequency
21. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
netstat
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
fiber-optic cables
Class E Network
22. Network device that makes high-level application connections on behalf of internal hosts and other machines
connectionless
proxy server
LLC
Digital
23. Gives each node unique address
Transport
digital
RARP
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
24. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer
802.3
nbtstat
multimeter
Full-Duplex
25. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases
HTTP
intrusion prevention
Group Policy Object
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
26. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN
bus topology
SLIP
15 hops
Electrical Signaling
27. IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer
network layer
802.2
Shielded Twised Pair
telephone connector
28. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
PAP
entrapment
Session
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
29. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack
signal bounce
analog adv
Analog
protocol data unit (PDU)
30. Capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction
Logical Link Control
tunneling
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
fault tolerance
31. Internet Engineering Task Force
AUI
device ID
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
IETE
32. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
IEEE
analog adv
switch
port 443
33. Local area network
connection oriented
port 21
Serial
LAN
34. ARP
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Address Resolution Protocol
802.11n
Class A
35. Device that boosts - or strengthens - and analog signal
IP Addressing
Amplifier
broadcast storm
throughput
36. Unshielded twisted pair
NetWare Loadable Module
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
access services
utp
37. A specialized device that allows multiple networks or segments to connect and exchange data
connectivity device
beacon frame
flow control
Open Shortest Path First
38. An error detection method that calculates a value for the total size of the information fields contained in a frame. The value is inserted near the end of a frame by the Data Link layer on the sending node - and checked by the Data Link layer on the
CSMA/CA
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
digital dis
Application Layer
39. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
bus topology
physical address
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
connection
40. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network
Authentication Header
Backup Domain Controller
full mesh
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
41. A generic term for data being transmitted
intrusion
segment
packet
Radio Waves
42. Large diameter. led/light is generated at different angles. high throughput - high noise resistance - excellent security - and long distances
MMF
Telnet
802.3
fragmentation
43. QoS
synchronous communications
Quality of Service
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
Correct subnet mask
44. An IDPS that resides on particular computer or server (the host) and monitors activity only on that system. Also known as system integrity verifiers.
Twister Pair Cable
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
Kroner
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
45. Routers work here
Network
Shielded Twised Pair
simplex
L2TP
46. T1
T-Carrier Level 1
Simple Network Management Protocol
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
f type connector
47. Braided metal shielding used to insulate some types of coaxial cable
Core
Braiding
terminator
segment
48. Network layer device
Modulation
router
tunneling
application protocol verification
49. Only two wire pairs are reversed
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
noise
crossover cable
Shielded Twised Pair
50. Internet group management protocol
Class E Network
VPN
IGMP
IP Addressing