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IT: Networking Vocab

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1. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






2. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?






3. The transmission capacity of a communications medium - which is typically measured in bits per second (for data transmissions) or hertz (for data - voice - and video transmissions) - and which is determined by the maximum minus the minimum transmissi






4. SLIP






5. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer






6. PPTP






7. Secure Shell






8. Is a TCP/IP service that converts a computer or domain name to an IP address or that converts an IP address to a computer or domain name.






9. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network






10. A flexible communications cable that contains pairs of insulated copper wires that are twisted together for reduction of EMI and RFI and covered with an outer insulating jacket.






11. MAC Protocols






12. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cable that runs between network equipment rooms - floors - and buildings.






13. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.






14. Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame






15. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.






16. Virture privat network






17. FTP-Data - file transfer data






18. The wave splits into secondary waves






19. 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.






20. IMAP4






21. PPPoE






22. Data Link Layer






23. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet






24. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.






25. 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.






26. Physical and Data Link layers






27. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway






28. Process by which attacker changes the format and/or timing of their activities to avoid being detected by the IDPS






29. Layer 5






30. 1) A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services. Programs and information may be processed at the host - or they






31. A professional membership society that helps establish technical standards for the internet






32. IDPS that examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures






33. Device with little - if any - of it's own processing or disk capacity; depends on a host to supply it with applications and data-processing services






34. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission






35. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point






36. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system






37. Consists of activities that deter intrusion






38. Also called the star-bus hybrid topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.






39. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network






40. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit






41. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued






42. A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services.






43. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.






44. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.






45. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress






46. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN






47. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.






48. Eight bits of information; in a digital signaling system - one byte carries one piece of information






49. This phase determines how often systems should send each other quality statistics.






50. A versatile - chainable serial-bus technology that connects up to 127 devices at speeds of 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps as well as 480 Mbps.