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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. CRAM-MD5
enticement
Primary Domain Controller
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
Point-to-Multipoint
2. A computer that has its own CPU and may be used as a stand-alone computer for word processing - spreadsheet genation - or other software applications. It also may be used to access another computer such as another workstation or server via a network.
workstation
bus topology
frame
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
3. ICMP
Virtual private network (VPN)
ANSI
Internet Control Message Protocol
Mail Exchanger
4. Restructuring data units that have been segmented
Berkeley Software Distribution
site policy
Device power off
reassembly
5. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
social engineering
Canonical Name
Half-Duplex
Protocol Data Unit
6. Hardware device located at the ISP side of ADSL connections.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
DSLAM
ISDN
7. Internet protocol security-defines encryption - authentication - and key management for TCP/IP transmission
packet
IP (Internet Protocol)
IPSec
dig (domain information groper)
8. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application
SFP
BNC connector
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
9. Provides Internet access and/or other services such as email and Web hosting
bridge
Transport Layer
ppp
ISP (Internet service provider)
10. Standard analog telephone system
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Binary
PSTN
Basic Rate Interface
11. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
Virtual private network (VPN)
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
analog signal
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
12. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
analog dis
RealVNC
ATM
firmware
13. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
IEEE
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
segment
message and circuit
14. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Network layer
Localhost
port 443
15. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
back hack
reassembly
Fast Ethernet
OSI
16. A type of multimode fiber-optic cable that reflects the light-based signals like a mirror within the cable - resulting in different signals arriving at different times and with an increased likeihood of distortion over longer cable runs.
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
flow control
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
17. Pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device
EMI
cabeloco
Connectors
Class A
18. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
standard
protocol stack verification
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
addressing
19. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication
socket
FDM
OSI Layer 2
carrier sense
20. For fiber-optic cable communications - the difference between the transmitted power and the receiver sensitivity - as measured in decibels. It is the minimum transmitter power and receiver sensitivity needed for a signal to be sent and received fully
power budget
LDAP
fiber-optic cables
multiprotocol label switching
21. PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Network Layer
Radio Frequency Interference
22. The utility that allows you to query ICANN's DNS registration database and find information about a domain.
TFTP
OSI Layer 4
multiprotocol label switching
whois
23. Cross talk that occurs between wire pairs near the source of a signal
Network Layer
network interface card (NIC)
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Near End Cross Talk
24. Packet internet groper
Analog
802.11
fiber optic cable
PING
25. User datagram protocol
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
UDP
active scanning
Transport Layer
26. Long reach. multimode max length is 550 meters. single mode max length is 5000. 1000 mpbs. baseband transmission
Topology
Physical
1000base-lx
CD-ROM File System
27. FDDI
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Incorrect device drivers
SONET
28. 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
Application
multimeter
public network
Integrated Services Digital Network
29. MDI
T-Carrier Level 1
Channel Service Unit
Media Dependent Interface
IEEE
30. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...
Subscriber connector
Internet Connection Sharing
Access Control List
Application
31. Transport Layer
SIP
Error Handling
Binary
Application
32. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
HTTPS
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
socket
intrusion detection
33. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
back hack
66 Block
terminal
34. Physical layer. 10 mpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. follows 5-4-3 rule. star topology. cat 3 or higher utp. twisted pair.
Presentation
PSTN
10base-t
Data Link (Layer 2)
35. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
installing cable
rj-11
Secure Copy
Improperly configured switch
36. Is a method for automatically assigning address and other configuration parameters to network hosts.
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
demilitarized zone
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Application Layer (Layer 7)
37. NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol
RARP
Data Link
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
38. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point
passive scanning
digital
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
geosynchronous
39. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems
Network
Management Information Base
Phase
nslookup
40. LDAP
Fault tolerance
Main Distribution Frame
diffraction
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
41. Useful for troubleshooting a network connectivity problem from workstation to another workstation
crossover cable
beaconing
f type connector
switch
42. Integrated digital network
backbone cabling
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
where NICs operate
isdn
43. Wireless standard
OSI Layer 6
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Common Internet File System
802.11
44. Distinct communication path between two or more nodes; may be separated logically or physically
802.16
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
Channel
phase
45. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
star-wired bus topology
802.2
Packets
Broadband
46. Secure CoPy-utility that allows you to copy files securely from host to another
the more twist
Network
SCP
HTTPS
47. Is a challenge respone authentication protocol
Punch-Down Block
CHAP
PDU
throughput
48. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
Overhead
phase
ports
Multistation Access Unit
49. Representatives from electronics manufacturers across the US that sets standards for electronic equipment and lobbies for legislation favorable to the growth of the computer and electronics industries
Impedance
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
multipath
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
50. Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDMA
RealVNC
Client
Network layer