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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Saturation of network bandwidth caused by excessive traffic - as when a large number of computers or devices attemp to transmit simultaneously - or when computers or devices presist in transmitting repeatedly.
broadcast storm
workstation
IP Addressing
Application Layer (Layer 7)
2. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
802.3af
twisted shielded pair
media
3. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access
demilitarized zone
ICS host
ASCII
POP3
4. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHCP
DSLAM
coax cable connector
Internetwork Packet Exchange
5. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz.
Category 5
Presentation
segmentation
Secure Shell (SSH)
6. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
narrowband
kereberos
802.11
7. Transport Layer
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
collision detection
host
Port Numbers
8. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data
backbone
segmentation
connection oriented
Repeater
9. Media access control
ethernet
IP (Internet Protocol)
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
MAC
10. RAS
Remote Access Service
Common Internet File System
collision
Domain Name Service
11. Does not operate at the application layer
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
ARP
Local Connector
12. Transport Layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Primary Rate Interface
latency
13. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed
stateless firewall
Presentation
10Base-T
TCP/IP protocol failure
14. MAC Protocols
firewall
Multistation Access Unit
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
15. Not individually insulated but shielded. use when there is noise.
STP
bandwidth
GBIC
S-HTTP
16. A frame (or packet) sent to all nodes on the network.
baseband
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
NetWare Loadable Module
Unshielded twisted pair
17. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and forwards them to the correct section of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub and a switch.
tuning
router
LDAP
ARP
18. A mail retrieval protocol that improves on the shortcomings of POP. The single biggest advantage IMAP4 has relative to POP is that it allows users to store messages on the mail server - rather than always having to download them to a local machine.
Transport
MAN
management services
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
19. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
link establishment phase
Virtual private network (VPN)
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
crossover cable
20. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
ring topology
LC connector
Ethernet (characteristics)
Application
21. Used on many UNIX/LINUX systems to provide authentication security for TCP/IP applications such as Telnet and FTP
cp connection
Secure Shell (SSH)
IEEE
Phase
22. Physical Layer
connectivity device
OSI Layer 1
Media Converter
analog signal
23. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
Internet Key Exchange
Kroner
analog adv
ppp
24. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps
CSMA/CA
Access Control List
Network Address Translation
10 Gigabit Ethernet
25. 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.
network class a
terminators
RFI
driver signing
26. T1
Localhost
Overhead
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
T-Carrier Level 1
27. Computers - devices - and connectivity necessary to rebuild a network exist - and all have appropriated configured updated and connected to match your networks current state. most expensive disaster recovery contingency to maintain
Round Trip Time
hot site
baseband
255.255.0.0
28. Secures messages being transmitted on the internet - uses RSA for authentication and encyption.
demilitarized zone
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
MAC address
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
29. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN
15 hops
ISOC
Telnet
Organizational Unit
30. Twist wire so you don't get interference on the memory
fixing cross talk
Internetwork Packet Exchange
the more twist
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
31. A transmission method that has distinct signal levels to represent binary zeroes or ones - such as +5 volts and 0 volts.
digital
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
cat 5
tuning
32. A switchhing method that creates separte channels on one communication medium by establishing different frequencies for each channel.
multiprotocol label switching
RFI
RealVNC
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
33. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections
TCP port 23
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
Fault tolerance
MPLS
34. Serial internet protocol
slip
Class C Network
LAN
port 443
35. The process of enclosing data for transmission
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
connectionless
encapsulation
PSTN
36. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
CSMA/CA
protocol
37. Service data unit
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Session layer
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
SDU
38. Method of error checking that determines if the contents of an arriving data unit match the contents of the data unit sent by the source
Incorrect device drivers
Analog
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
checksum
39. A termination unit also called a transceiver or DSL modem
where NICs operate
ATU-R
10BASE5 Limit
SSL
40. End-user device - such as a workstation - terminal - or console
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
inline sensor
Noise
Data Terminal Equipment
41. NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol
firmware
100base-tx
intrusion
42. Rules determining the format and transmission of data
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
protocol
OSI
Frequency
43. A combination of LAN's - MAN's - or WAN's that provides computer users with an array of computer and network resources to complete different tasks.
VPN
OSI Layer 5
enterprise network
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
44. Standard that describes a security technique - wireless networks - in which a port is prevented from receiving traffic until the transmitters credentials are verified by authentication server
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
EAPoL
L2TP
45. Performs name resolution
LAN
Session
PDU
Physical Layer
46. Feeding everybody in building
omnidirectional antenna
Patch Panel
star-bus hybrid topology
PPP
47. 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.
IDPS terrorist
active scanning
baseband
Canonical Name
48. Internet control message protocol
Protocol Data Unit
communications media
dig (domain information groper)
ICMP
49. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol
Transport
false attack stimulus
alert or alarm
TCP/IP
50. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
port 80
802.11n
flow control
DTE