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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Standard that describes a security technique - wireless networks - in which a port is prevented from receiving traffic until the transmitters credentials are verified by authentication server
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
EAPoL
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
MAU
2. SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol
Amplitude Modulation
WDM
Cable Plant
3. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack
alert or alarm
Application Layer
alarm filtering
Network interface card (NIC)
4. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
Network News Transport Protocol
trap and trace
SIP
5. LDAP
ethernet
Network
analog adv
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
6. Domain Name System
port 69
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
DNS
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
7. Set of routines that make up part of a software application
API (application program interface)
fiber optic cable
route
port 69
8. Generates signals as changes in voltage at the NIC
Optical Loss
PSTN
physical layer
OSI Layer 1
9. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients
Authentication Header
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
microwave
SYN (syncronization)
10. Layer 2
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
HTTPS
fiber-optic cables
Data Link
11. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Altenative name: 1000BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3ab - Cable type: copper max length 100m
centralized control strategy
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
fault tolerance
Static IP Addressing
12. Which protocol allows users to send emails?
User Datagram Protocol
block ID
SMTP
Encrypting File System
13. The wave splits into secondary waves
TCP/UDP
protocol
diffraction
NTP
14. Lowest or 1st layer; protocols generate and detect signals so as to transmit and receive data over a network medium - also set the data transmission rate and monitor data error rates - but do not provide error correction
Multiplexing
Transmission media
MAN
Physical layer
15. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication
UTP
encapsulate
SMTP
kereberos
16. All wires are reversed
Error Handling
Transport
VPN
rollover cable
17. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
Local Connector
horizontal cabling
Physical Layer
token
18. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
node
::1
point to multipoint
Half-Duplex
19. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
rj-11
fully distributed control strategy
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
20. Transport Layer
Session
Firewall Filtering
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ferrule
21. Strength of digital signal
voltage
IPSec
Secure Shell (SSH)
Point-to-Point
22. NTP - network time protocol
Class A
device address
connection oriented
port 123
23. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory
PSTN
authentication
back door
physical media
24. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
network interface card (NIC)
::1
session layer
25. Determines standards for the electronics industry and other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
ANSI
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
f type connector
26. Minimum cabling standard for PoE
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
cat 5
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
frame
27. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
Application
Cladding
Hyper text transfer protocol
ring topology
28. The _____________ allows computers to 'talk' to themselves on a different port.
Internet Protocol
MultiMode Fiber
Localhost
OSI Layer 7
29. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
signal bounce
Channel Service Unit
VPN
Networking Model
30. Application Layer
fiber optics
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Telnet
star topology
31. Central component of a cable designed to carry a signal
Core
goodput
Authentication Header
NetWare Directory Services
32. An established guidline that specifies how networked data is formatted into packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.
encapsulate
protocol
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
NetBIOs
33. Panel of data receptors into which twisted pair wire is inserted to complete a circuit
Punch-Down Block
subnetting purpose
Phase
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
34. Transport Layer
Network Address Translation
Impedance
TCP/UDP
tunneling
35. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
1000base-lx
fiber-optic cables
Static IP Addressing
RARP
36. Internet Engineering Task Force
connectionless
IETE
Subscriber connector
simplex
37. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
Half Duplex NIC Communication
ACK (acknowledgement)
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
BSS
38. Nondata info that must accompany data for it to be properly routed. addition to data
asynchronous comunications
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
communications services
overhead
39. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
IP Addressing
cat 5
OSI
star-wired bus topology
40. Unique identifying number for a network node; follows a hierarchical addressing scheme; can be assigned through OS software; added to data packets and interpreted by protocols at the Network layer
server
Baseband
Twister Pair Cable
network address
41. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
MultiStation Access Unit
FHSS
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Subscriber connector
42. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
latency
Category 5
installing cable
f type connector
43. International Organization for Standardization
SONET
GBIC
ISO
Packet
44. OTDR
802.11a
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
45. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
noise
OSI Layer 3
Correct subnet mask
46. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
Noise
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
Category 3
host
47. A cable that consists of a single cable sheath containing a combination of fibers and copper cable.
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Secure Shell (SSH)
48. Controls how applications access network
ASCII
OSI Reference to TCP
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Application
49. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and broadcasts them out to the rest of the network.
SSID
digital dis
hub
Physical layer
50. 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.
noise
Domain Name System (DNS)
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Main Distribution Frame
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