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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
bus topology
mtr (my traceroute)
802.3
Remote Desktop Protocol
2. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission
switch
public network
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
3. Data Link Layer
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
packet filtering - application proxy
NIC (Network Interface Card)
Remote Access Service
4. The means through which data is transmitted and received
transmission media
monitoring port (SPAN port)
intrusion
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
5. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
entrapment
10Base-T
MPLS
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
6. IPv4
HTTPS
Common Internet File System
Internet Protocol version 4
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
7. (fix) if analog shield twisted pairs or if digital with a repeater
Bend Radius
fixing noise
ISDN
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
8. Network layer device
Primary Rate Interface
Data Link
AUI
router
9. SNMP
Ethernet
Simple Network Management Protocol
Domain Name Service
Main Distribution Frame
10. 2nd layer; bridges the networking media with the Network layer. Primary function is to divide the data it receives from the Network layer into frames to be transmitted by the Physical layer
Port 20
telnet
RARP
Data Link layer
11. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed
Network Layer
TCP/IP protocol failure
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
HTTPS
12. Network-max segment length-100 meters
Subnetmask
Populated Segment
10Base-T
CIDR block
13. What type of browser is designed for use on small handheld devices such as palmtop computers and iPhones?
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
device ID
Microbrowser
Client
14. Internet assigned numbers authority
narrowband
Wide area network (WAN
partially distributed control strategy
IANA
15. Uses light to communicate a signal; the light is dispersed on numerous paths as it travels through the core and is reflected back. Provides high bandwidth at high speeds over medium distances up to about 3000 feet
Multimode fiber
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
signal bounce
Category 3
16. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
router
alarm clustering and compaction
Hubs
OSI model
17. 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.
monitoring port (SPAN port)
driver signing
Near End Cross Talk
SMTP
18. Transport Layer
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
encryption
Segments
TDMA
19. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
extranet
Frequency Division Multiplexing
ANSI
client
20. All wires are reversed
SSID
rollover cable
DB-25 connector
fiber optic connector
21. Data Link Layer
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
OSI Layer 2
port 53
PSTN
22. Application that will allow you to configure the workstation to tally these errors and send you and email message every time a problem occured
Kerberos
event viewer
Demarcation Point
Frequency
23. A boundary between two zones of trust
Domain Name Service
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
RTS/CTS
perimeter
24. Positive and zero. 1 and 0's.
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Entrance Facilities
binary
router
25. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive
PSTN
false attack stimulus
ISDN
Class D Network
26. Traces path from one network node to another - identifying all intermediate hops b/w two nodes
MAC
fiber optic cable
OSI Layer 1
tracert
27. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?
Simple Network Management Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
NIC
analog signal
28. An error detection method that calculates a value for the total size of the information fields contained in a frame. The value is inserted near the end of a frame by the Data Link layer on the sending node - and checked by the Data Link layer on the
network layer
transport layer
Transport
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
29. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
66 Block
Loose network cable connection
Block ID
Telnet
30. GSNW
Gateway Services for NetWare
PDU (protocol data unit)
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Demultiplexer
31. The act of hacking into a hacker's system to find out as much as possible about the hacker
back hack
Plenum
IDPS terrorist
voltage
32. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
bandwidth
Hyper text transfer protocol
Network Address Translation
Physical
33. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
255.255.0.0
fiber optic cable
TDMA
topology
34. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Point-to-Multipoint
twisted shielded pair
subnetting purpose
35. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data
Frequency Modulation
Data Link Layer
Amplitude Modulation
connection oriented
36. Enables network managers to continuously monitor network activity
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Physical Layer
Encrypting File System
802.3
37. 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.
star-wired bus topology
Basic Rate Interface
client/server
OSI model
38. This phase determines how often systems should send each other quality statistics.
Connectors
RS-232
link quality monitoring
Internetwork Packet Exchange
39. Rules determining the format and transmission of data
protocol
ACK (acknowledgement)
Transport
OSI model
40. Network news transfer protocol
NNTP
Correct default gateway
bus topology
pppoe
41. MDI
MAC
802.11b
Media Dependent Interface
ICAN
42. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
demilitarized zone
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
66 Block
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
43. Hardware that constitutes the enterprise-wide cabling system
SSID
Cable Plant
ICS host
Virtual private network (VPN)
44. Is a system that is distributed throughout the internetwork to provide address/name resolution.
Domain Name System (DNS)
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
digital adv
45. IMAP4
public network
Repeater
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
Presentation Layer
46. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
stp
OSI Layer 6
47. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet
addressing
baseband
EAPoL
Half Duplex NIC Communication
48. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
MAU
Broadband
Post Office Protocol
49. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.
crossover cable
dedicated lines
asynchronous comunications
MultiStation Access Unit
50. 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.
Layer 2 Forwarding
Structure
Class A
workstation