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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility
FM
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
Main Distribution Frame
Client Software
2. CNAME
Secure Shell (SSH)
Canonical Name
Multiplexer
Local area network (LAN)
3. POP3 - post office protocol 3
connectivity device
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
port 110
baseband
4. Signal interference caused by electrical devices that emit radio waves at the same frequency used by network signal transmissions.
Ethernet
CIDR block
radio frequency interference (RFI)
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
5. Physical layer standard for serial communications
reassembly
hub
RS-232
OSI
6. Addresses packet size
ssl
back door
WDM
Data Link
7. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication
FDM
analog
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
8. Cabling that transmit data using light waves. Higher bandwidth than other types of cabling.
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
FHSS
fiber optics
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
9. Hackers sending emails to make it look like its legit and its actually dangerous to the workstation
STP
Static IP Addressing
phishing
Network Time Protocol
10. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal
5-4-3 rule
Client
Conduit
Application
11. Cross talk that occurs between wire pairs near the source of a signal
Point-to-Point Protocol
Computer network
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
Near End Cross Talk
12. Uses frame headers
telnet
ethernet
Twister Pair Cable
pstn
13. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems
SCP
nslookup
Network layer
MAN
14. End-user device - such as a workstation - terminal - or console
Data Terminal Equipment
RTT
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
network monitor
15. QoS
router
EAP
Transport
Quality of Service
16. Groups of workstations are star connect to connectivity devices and then networked via single bus - cover long distances - easy to interconnect - more expensive - ethernet
IP Address
Application
modem
star wired bus
17. Used to resolve NetBIOS names w IP address
horizontal cabling
WINS
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Session
18. Device typically used to create a VLAN
true attack stimulus
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Network
switch
19. MAC Protocols
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
Network interface card (NIC)
802.11a
Correct default gateway
20. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system
Presentation Layer
true attack stimulus
Bit
Crosstalk
21. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
Loose network cable connection
EAP
IP address within the assigned network
Broadcast
22. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
Half-Duplex
User Datagram Protocol
port 22
OSI model
23. A transmission method that has distinct signal levels to represent binary zeroes or ones - such as +5 volts and 0 volts.
Network
Channel Service Unit
digital
Serial
24. A standard method or format for communication between networked devices
directional antennas
port 21
Unshielded twisted pair
protocol
25. Type of sensor deployed in such a way that the network traffic it is monitoring must pass through it.
fingerprinting
OSI Layer 3
inline sensor
bus topology
26. Set of protocols that specify how wireless networks works. Most common are currently B and G. N is an emerging standard.
Latency
IGMP
802.11
station
27. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.
port 80
L2TP
CD-ROM File System
Network Behavior Analysis
28. 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
Noise
Data Link layer
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
LLC
29. Application Layer
Serial Line Internet Protocol
Telnet
Session
WINS
30. 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.
PDU
network class a
host
star-ring hybrid topology
31. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
FDM
Network Layer (Layer 3)
Physical
ARP
32. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
pathping
fixing noise
Network layer
33. Capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction
access services
Host
fault tolerance
Multiplexer
34. An IDPS that resides on particular computer or server (the host) and monitors activity only on that system. Also known as system integrity verifiers.
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
SMF
topology
Presentation layer
35. Distinct communication path between two or more nodes; may be separated logically or physically
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Channel
Single mode fiber
Serial Line Internet Protocol
36. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m
message and circuit
port 53
Class B Network
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
37. Binary values for each bit position
OSI Reference to TCP
Protocol
Class A
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
38. Which layer in the OSI network model handles data format information for networked communications?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Correct default gateway
Canonical Name
Presentation Layer
39. Segment
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
star-bus hybrid topology
headened
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
40. Medium network 128-191
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
transmit
Class B Network
Bit
41. A technique in which IP address used on a private network are assigned a public IP address by a gateway when accessing a public network.
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
IANA
NAT (Network Address Translation)
42. 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
collision detection
Telnet
Fault tolerance
cp connection
43. IPX & SPX
digital signal
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
ISO
CSU/DSU
44. BDC
Data Link
Amplitude Modulation
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
Backup Domain Controller
45. Domain Name System
A Protocol
DNS
IP address within the assigned network
metropolitan area network (MAN)
46. Cross talk with 2+ wires
Data Terminal Equipment
network class a
Class B Network
alien cross talk
47. BootP
255.255.0.0
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
ring topology
DB-9 connector
48. IPX
FCS (frame check sequence)
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Client Software
49. SSH
Secure Shell
Frequency
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
port 25
50. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
RADIUS
workstation
POP3