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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
Class A
Bits
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Berkeley Software Distribution
2. Application Layer
physical layer
router
Byte
Telnet
3. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
enterprise network
IP gateway in NAT
analog
demilitarized zone
4. A type of transmission in which there are several transmission channels on a communications medium - allowing more than one node to transmit at the same time.
broadband
route
switch
Berkeley Software Distribution
5. Physical layer. 100 mpbs throughout. baseband transmission. cat 5 or higher utp. max length is 100 meters. two wire twisted pair-full duplexing.
IP Addressing
utp
S-HTTP
100base-tx
6. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
File Transfer Protocol
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
NetWare Core Protocol
Broadband
7. Physical Layer
ISDN
pppoe
Bits
fiber optic cable
8. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.
diffraction
Data Link (Layer 2)
Network Behavior Analysis
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
9. Protocol data unit
API (application program interface)
PDU
Internet Key Exchange
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
10. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
SSH
beacon frame
inline sensor
Computer network
11. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
L2TP
full duplex
connectionless
12. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly
confidence value
back hack
Star topology
multipath
13. Telnet
Port 23
Data Link
Transport Layer
MAC address
14. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a node.
Network Behavior Analysis
Class E Network
station
port 123
15. Is an e mail retival protocol designed to enabel users to access their e-mail from various locations
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
host
DB-25 connector
transmit
16. The action of luring an individual into committing a crime.
Structure
encapsulate
entrapment
entrance facilities
17. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
100base-tx
Node
statistical multiplexing
Secure Copy Protocol
18. Serves as a translator; manages data encryption
UTP
presentation layer
OSI Layer 2
Fault tolerance
19. Is a secure form of HTTP
nslookup
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Zero Configuration
HTTPS
20. A service used via the Application layer to recognize and access other layers
255.255.255.252
redirector
Broadband
routing
21. Method of trasmitting data from a satellite
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
microwave
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
protocol and services
22. Network Layer
DSLAM
Private Network
Packets
ring topology
23. Zeroconf
LAN
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
Zero Configuration
PDU
24. Standard analog telephone system
802.2
PSTN
port 80
fiber optics
25. Tracks running and graphing data from any workstations. should ensure that new routers and switches can support it in order to easily automate network management
Application
network layer
Domain Name System (DNS)
SNMP
26. A command-line utility that combines the functionality of the tracert and ping commands (similar to UNIX's mtr command) and comes with Windows XP - Vista - and Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
Coaxial Cable
pathping
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
27. 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
network class B
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
checksum
Network Layer
28. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
Fault tolerance
Faulty network cable
Backup Domain Controller
frame
29. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
packet
client
SMF
broadband
30. The seventh layer of the OSI model. Application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network.
coax cable connector
Application Layer
Twister Pair Cable
1000base-lx
31. (WIde area network) Carry networks longer distances than Lans
standard connector
Session
WAN
Frequency Modulation
32. Packet a node sends to acknowledge that it received a SYN request for connection; 2nd of three-step connection process
encapsulate
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
Amplitude
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
33. An international body that establishes communications and networking standards - and that is particularly known for its contributions to network protocol standards.
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
AM
TCP port 23
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
34. IPv6 addressing - multicast group
FF02
power budget
bridge
network interface card (NIC)
35. Firewall packet inspection that examines the data contained in a packet as well as the state of the connection between internal and external computers.
Management Information Base
stateful firewall
analog signal
STP
36. Transport Layer
ANSI
Bits
Internet Information Services
Firewall Filtering
37. Signals travel both directions simultaneously
standby UPS
duplex
virtual circuit
true attack stimulus
38. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet
fiber optic connector
SONET
MAC address
router
39. Encrypts
NIC (Network Interface Card)
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Presentation layer
Presentation
40. The physical layout of the cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames and packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions
bandwidth
phishing
fixing attenuation
topology
41. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
BGP
standard
asymmetrical transmission
Latency
42. This phase begins and end a PPP session.
SYN (syncronization)
authentication
link dead phase
Point-to-Point
43. Network interface card
Line Printer Daemon
hostname
binary
NIC
44. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system
NIC drivers
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
Bit
Independent Computer Architecture
45. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
FDM
POP3
Ethernet
46. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
Repeater
connectionless
broadcast storm
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
47. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
CSMACD
private network
passive topology
RFI
48. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end
true attack stimulus
Point-to-Point Protocol
Terminator
MAU
49. Process of directing a datagram from its source through an internetwork to its destination using the most efficient path.
routing
ppp
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Category 3
50. RJ 11
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
CSMA/CA
synchronous communications
telephone connector