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IT: Networking Vocab

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1. It enables the sending node to obtain the MAC address of the intended recipient before packets are sent.






2. 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.






3. Data jack






4. IMAP - internet message access protocol






5. Name Of Layer 3






6. Consists of activities that deter intrusion






7. An arm of the Internet Society (ISOC) that works on Internet-relateed technical issues.






8. LPR






9. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline






10. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information.






11. Network-max segment length-100 meters






12. Hypertext Transfer Protocol






13. Example of an internetwork






14. (fix) if analog an amplifier or if digital with repeater






15. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.






16. This layer in the OSI network model manages log on procedures and password recognition.






17. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In






18. The physical layout of the cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames and packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions






19. Saturation of network bandwidth caused by excessive traffic - as when a large number of computers or devices attemp to transmit simultaneously - or when computers or devices presist in transmitting repeatedly.






20. Small network 192-223






21. Public switched telephone network






22. Set of routines that make up part of a software application






23. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?






24. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed






25. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors






26. Measure of a signal's strength






27. 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.






28. Unlicensed band with 11 channels






29. Faster wireless standard 20-25






30. Layer 7






31. 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






32. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously






33. Physical layer. 10 mpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. follows 5-4-3 rule. star topology. cat 3 or higher utp. twisted pair.






34. Aversion of the traceroute utility found on some Linux distributions.






35. IPX & SPX






36. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media






37. Name Of Layer 6






38. Transport Layer






39. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines






40. NNTP






41. Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection






42. Radio frequency interference






43. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...






44. 5th layer; establishes and maintains communication between two nodes on the network; 'traffic cop'






45. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned






46. Equivalent to OSI Layer 3 Network






47. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed






48. Physical Layer






49. LLC






50. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.