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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol
FTP
Application
Classful Addressing
2. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
client/server
Cladding
enticement
255.255.255.252
3. LLC
Logical Link Control
Transmission Control Protocol
Device power unplugged
VLAN
4. GPO
Group Policy Object
protocol and services
Latency
ICS host
5. OU
Organizational Unit
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
FM
logical link control (LLC)
6. Physical and Data Link layers
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
where NICs operate
Terminator
management services
7. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
DCE
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
LDAP
8. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
RIP
OSI model
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
Category 3
9. Similar to bus topology - but the ends are connected
fat pipe
ring topology
802.3af
Quality of Service
10. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
Application Layer
alert or alarm
Category 3
RARP
11. NLM
CD-ROM File System
phishing
NetWare Loadable Module
ISOC (Internet Society)
12. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
Secure Copy Protocol
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
connectionless
13. FTP - file transfer- control
session
port 21
Internet
Independent Computer Architecture
14. Compatible with 802.11a - b - g 600-65 throughput
802.11n
Simple Network Management Protocol
Physical Layer
Network
15. SSID
Domain Name System (DNS)
Service Set Identifier
ATM
EMI
16. The process of connecting to a wireless network
association
802.11a
site policy
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
17. Strategy in which all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
fully distributed control strategy
collision detection
signal
ANSI
18. Defines the physical characteristics of the network
Workstation
Service Set Identifier
message and circuit
Physical
19. Address resolution protocol
Subscriber connector
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
ARP
dedicated lines
20. FM
Frequency Modulation
Network layer
Transport Layer
Data Link layer
21. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly
OSI
SMTP server name
TCP/IP
confidence value
22. Trivial file transfer protocol
star-bus hybrid topology
TFTP
PPP
IP Address
23. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
transceiver
PPP
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
broadband
24. Fiber optic - enables one fiber optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously
Internet Protocol version 4
WDM
API (application program interface)
Remote Desktop Protocol
25. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
802.3
signal
goodput
traceroute (tracert)
26. The _____________ allows computers to 'talk' to themselves on a different port.
SYN (syncronization)
bus topology
crossover cable
Localhost
27. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
Modem
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Presentation layer
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
28. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Transport
Primary Domain Controller
demand priority
29. Constructs data frames using the appropriate format for the network - reatea CRC information - Checks for errors using CRC information - Retransmits data if there is error - Initiates the communications link and makes sure it is not interrupted - thu
Data Link (Layer 2)
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
ESS
30. 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.
CD-ROM File System
driver signing
radio frequency interference (RFI)
footprinting
31. Type of sensor deployed in such a way that the network traffic it is monitoring must pass through it.
analog signal
inline sensor
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Data Terminal Equipment
32. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
hostname
DNS
network access method
nbtstat
33. Physical layer. 10 giga bit throughput. baseband transmission. twisted pair. max length is 100 meters. cat 6 or 7.
access point
10Gbase-t
TFTP
data packets
34. Protocol data unit. An OSI term to refer generically to a grouping of information by a particular layer of the OSI model. More specifically - an LxPDU would imply the data and headers as defined by Layer x.
fixing attenuation
PDU
entrance facilities
Domain Name Service
35. International telecommunication Union
fiber optic cable
false negative
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
ITU
36. Application that will allow you to configure the workstation to tally these errors and send you and email message every time a problem occured
directional antennas
CSMACD
RARP
event viewer
37. LPR
tracert
carrier sense
Line Printer Remote
Post Office Protocol version 3
38. The general topic of how on one computer - two adjacent layers in a networking architectural model work together - with the lower layer proving services to the higher layer.
Presentation
Adjacent Layer Interaction
telnet
Amplitude Modulation
39. The gateway that first interprets a device's outbound requests - and then interprets its inbound requests to and from other subnets.
bus topology
Default Gateway
fading
authentication
40. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
FM
coaxial cable
port 25
dedicated lines
41. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
standard connector
bandwidth
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
phase
42. Standard rating that indicates the diameter of a wire
workstation
Block ID
American Wire Gauge
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
43. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued
Near End Cross Talk
Serial
Category 6
Unshielded twisted pair
44. A termination unit also called a transceiver or DSL modem
Node
ATU-R
udp
standby UPS
45. Networking technology developed by IBM in the 80s; relies upon direct links between nodes and ring topology - using tokens to allow nodes to transmit data
token ring
SYN (syncronization)
Device power unplugged
Byte
46. Protocol data unit
Network News Transport Protocol
entrapment
PDU
partially distributed control strategy
47. Also called the star-wired bus topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
connection
star-bus hybrid topology
Integrated Services Digital Network
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
48. IEEE standard for error and flow control in data frames
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
Computer network
Incorrect device drivers
802.2
49. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
digital
Frequency Division Multiplexing
physical layer
EAP
50. 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.
packet
Attenuation
HTTP
DSSS