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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.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IEEE
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.
PDU
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Segments
WDM
3. Data jack
station
rj-45
supernet mask
connection
4. IMAP - internet message access protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
port 143
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
private network
5. Name Of Layer 3
directional antennas
connectionless
Network
token
6. Consists of activities that deter intrusion
intrusion prevention
Session
EMI
Device power unplugged
7. An arm of the Internet Society (ISOC) that works on Internet-relateed technical issues.
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Full Duplex NIC Communication
ethernet
8. LPR
Line Printer Remote
Peer-to-peer network
PSTN
Fast Ethernet
9. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
digital dis
OSI Layer 7
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
alarm clustering and compaction
10. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information.
Entrance Facilities
encryption
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
message and circuit
11. Network-max segment length-100 meters
Media Converter
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
SCP
10Base-T
12. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP
link quality monitoring
mesh topology
VPN
13. Example of an internetwork
installing cable
Internet
Microbrowser
CIDR block
14. (fix) if analog an amplifier or if digital with repeater
Virtual private network (VPN)
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
EIA/TIA
fixing attenuation
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.
Internet
digital signal
public network
broadband
16. This layer in the OSI network model manages log on procedures and password recognition.
Session Layer
fixing cross talk
WAN Connectivity
Port Numbers
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
Segment
CD-ROM File System
Bend Radius
physical media
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
topology
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Protocol
RFI
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.
broadcast storm
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
segment
Session
20. Small network 192-223
Application
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
TFTP
Class C Network
21. Public switched telephone network
pstn
client
CD-ROM File System
802.5
22. Set of routines that make up part of a software application
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
Encrypting File System
802.11
API (application program interface)
23. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?
File Transfer Protocol
token
ISO
::1
24. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed
TCP/IP protocol failure
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
token
carrier sense
25. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
AUI
fractionalizing
Network interface card (NIC)
26. Measure of a signal's strength
Data Link
presentation layer
Amplitude
Domain Name System (DNS)
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.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
star-bus hybrid topology
CSU/DSU
28. Unlicensed band with 11 channels
multipath
OSI Layer 2
Segments
2.4-GHz band
29. Faster wireless standard 20-25
intrusion correction
routing
media
802.11g
30. Layer 7
ISOC (Internet Society)
headened
Internet Information Services
Application
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
Telnet
TDM
Network Layer
fiber optic connector
32. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
broadband
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
Domain Name Service
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.
Network File System (NFS)
User Datagram Protocol
10base-t
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
34. Aversion of the traceroute utility found on some Linux distributions.
tracepath
star topology
Near End Cross Talk
Apple File Protocol
35. IPX & SPX
bandwidth
fragmentation
demand priority
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
36. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
Incorrect cable type
NIC
Kerberos
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
37. Name Of Layer 6
Presentation
terminators
EAP
RARP
38. Transport Layer
demand priority
Port Numbers
Static IP Addressing
MS-CHAP
39. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Noise
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
40. NNTP
BOOTP
Network News Transport Protocol
presentation layer
TDM
41. Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
utp
Braiding
virture privat network (VPN)
CSMACD
42. Radio frequency interference
RFI
Repeaters
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
ITU
43. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...
Internet Protocol Security
Domain Name Service
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
Physical
44. 5th layer; establishes and maintains communication between two nodes on the network; 'traffic cop'
protocol
1000base-sx
network layer
Session layer
45. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
application protocol verification
latency
Client
Ferrule
46. Equivalent to OSI Layer 3 Network
Secure File Transfer Protocol
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
footprinting
47. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Crossover Cable
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
rj-11
ISO
48. Physical Layer
LAN
Electrical Signaling
SMTP server name
star topology
49. LLC
Electrical Signaling
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
route
Logical Link Control
50. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.
tuning
terminators
EMI
enticement