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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Data Link Layer
Data Service Unit
ITU
message and circuit
Network Switching
2. Extent to which a signal has weakened after traveling a given distance
Internetwork Packet Exchange
ANDing
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Attenuation
3. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
fiber optic cable
Network Behavior Analysis
IEEE
4. System founded on using 1s and 0s to encode information
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
Binary
link dead phase
DCE
5. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network
media
Kroner
Open Shortest Path First
modifying the file-sharing controls
6. A network design in which every node is connected to every other node - achieving fault tolerance.
Mesh topology
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Correct subnet mask
router
7. Signals composed ot pulses that can have a value of only 1 or 0
honey net
Host
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Digital
8. RADIUS
Electromagnetic Interference
FDM
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
9. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
File Transfer Protocol
Conduit
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
10. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
baseband
Serial Line Internet Protocol
FHSS
honey pot
11. (WIde area network) Carry networks longer distances than Lans
FDMA
Common Internet File System
WAN
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
12. Cabling that transmit data using light waves. Higher bandwidth than other types of cabling.
fiber optics
protocol
extranet
Organizational Unit
13. UDP
Decapsulation
Physical Layer
FM
User Datagram Protocol
14. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
IGMP
router
GBIC
inline sensor
15. MAC address
Frequency Modulation
protocol
OSI model
physical address
16. Small network 192-223
SMF
Class C Network
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
fixing noise
17. CNAME
ANSI
Canonical Name
OSI Layer 6
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
18. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
noise
Network interface card (NIC)
Hyper text transfer protocol
PAT (Port Address Translation)
19. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
port 69
DSLAM
Transport Layer
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
20. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?
crossover cable
IP Address
RAS
network access method
21. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
Mail Exchanger
port 69
Presentation
digital dis
22. A technique in which IP address used on a private network are assigned a public IP address by a gateway when accessing a public network.
transceiver
Virtual Private Network
NAT (Network Address Translation)
CSU/DSU
23. Device typically used to create a VLAN
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
diffraction
Application Layer
switch
24. Positive and zero. 1 and 0's.
Application Layer
MAU
binary
Secure Copy
25. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
Ferrule
monitoring port (SPAN port)
Faulty network cable
Plenum
26. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.
horizontal cabling
Full Duplex NIC Communication
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
backbone
27. The wave bounces back when encountering an object
network interface card (NIC)
star-ring hybrid topology
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
reflection
28. AH
Authentication Header
Bits
token ring
Kroner
29. Network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems.
10 Gigabit Ethernet
extranet
signal bounce
terminal
30. Packet internet groper
extranet
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
PING
31. Form of transmission in which digital signals are sent through direct current pulses applied to a wire; can only send one signal at a time
Mesh topology
Baseband
PDU
LC connector
32. IDPS's ability to dynamically modify its configuration in response to environmental activity
site policy awareness
Virtual Private Network
flow control
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
33. Error detection and correction
Plenum
Transport
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
driver
34. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire
honey pot
f type connector
terminators
frame
35. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
Terminator
PAT (Port Address Translation)
802.2
telephone connector
36. Power loss - the amount of signal that is lost as it travels though the communication medium from the source (transmitting node) to the receiving node.
Attenuation
WAN
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
intranet
37. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive
Transport Layer
ISDN
fading
perimeter
38. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 250 MHz.
802.11b
single-mode fiber-optic cable
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Category 6
39. Multimode fiber
MMF
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
packet
40. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
ESS
Secure Copy
frame
Half Duplex NIC Communication
41. 192-223
OSI
Routing
network class C
Modem
42. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.
modem
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Internet Protocol
driver
43. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
media access control (MAC)
Bus topology
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Access Control List
44. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
authentication
5-4-3 rule
66 Block
Multiplexer
45. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
checksum
Network File System (NFS)
plenum area
network access method
46. 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.
DNAT
socket
stateless firewall
GBIC
47. A service used via the Application layer to recognize and access other layers
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
redirector
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
fixing cross talk
48. FM
Packets
Frequency Modulation
PAT (Port Address Translation)
AM
49. International society composed of engineering professionals - promotes development and education in the electrical engineering and computer fields
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
f type connector
event viewer
Broadcast
50. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
Network interface card (NIC)
Block ID
fragmentation
Port 20