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IT: Networking Vocab

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1. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end






2. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction






3. Address Resolution Protocol






4. FTP-Data - file transfer data






5. Offers one way for a computer to access another computer over the network or over the Internet. For example - an IBM programmer can use Telnet on a Windows XP or Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer to access a mainframe though the Internet






6. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment






7. The more resistant to cross talk (STP)






8. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.






9. Capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction






10. BRI






11. Loop back address for IPv6






12. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?






13. A logical process of combining bits. In ANDing - a bit with a value of 1 plus another bit with a value of 1 results in a 1. A bit with a value of 0 plus any other bit results in a 0.






14. Network-max segment length-100 meters






15. Uses frame headers






16. Package for data that includes not only the data - or 'payload -' but also the sender's and recipient's addressing and control information. Generated at the Data Link layer and issued to the Physical layer






17. Change in signal strength as a result of reflection - scattering - or diffraction






18. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m






19. The physical layout of a computer network






20. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP






21. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable






22. A unit of data transmitted on a network that contains control and address information corresponding to the OSI Data Link layer - or Layer 2.






23. Not individually insulated but shielded. use when there is noise.






24. Technique for formatting signals in which one property of a carrier wave is modified by the addition of a data signal during transmission






25. Used connecting a workstation to a routers console part






26. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network






27. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






28. Application Layer






29. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory






30. Is a protocol designed for managing complex networks






31. BERT






32. 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.






33. Signals travel in one direction






34. A generic term for data being transmitted






35. Best fault tolerance






36. Also called the star-wired ring topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.






37. FTP is an application that enables the transfer of data from one remote device to another - using TCP/IP






38. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling






39. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver






40. A command-line utility that combines the functionality of the tracert and ping commands (similar to UNIX's mtr command) and comes with Windows XP - Vista - and Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008






41. Follow TIA/EIA 568 specifications






42. CDFS






43. Bus topology: A network design built by running cable from one PC or file server to the next - like links in a chain.






44. The IEEE standard for token ring networking devices and data handling.






45. Network interface card






46. Transport Layer






47. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time






48. NFS






49. NTP - network time protocol






50. File Transfere Protocol