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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
Microbrowser
Application
synchronous communications
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
2. 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.
Internet
Networking Model
FDM
honey pot
3. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
wide area network (WAN)
host
RTT
User Datagram Protocol
4. Total amount of communication cable that make up a network.
passive topology
cable plant
SONET
authentication
5. Does not operate at the application layer
ARP
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Firewall configured correctly
Category 5e
6. Transforms data into a form network or applications will understand
10Base-T
Presentation
flow control
protocol
7. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
802.11
DHCP
802.3
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
8. Hard-to-define skills such as dependability
radio frequency interference (RFI)
soft skills
SMTP
peer-to-peer network
9. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings
Demarcation Point
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
EIA/TIA
Bus topology
10. 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.
computer network
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Internet
firmware
11. FDDI
ANSI
digital adv
CD-ROM File System
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
12. Coordinates and maintains communications between two nodes on the network
site policy
session layer
IP Addressing
Punch-Down Block
13. ICS
::1
topology
Internet Connection Sharing
Round Trip Time
14. MDIX
ring topology
backbone
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
pathping
15. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
Internet
Multistation Access Unit
WAN
Data Link
16. Is a method for automatically assigning address and other configuration parameters to network hosts.
DHCP
TFTP
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Packets
17. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
Frequency
IGMP
white/orange and orange
5-4-3 rule
18. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
Fault tolerance
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Presentation
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
19. Internet protocol security-defines encryption - authentication - and key management for TCP/IP transmission
Fast Ethernet
tracert
IPSec
NetWare Directory Services
20. Firewalls perform two basic security functions
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
multiplexing
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
packet filtering - application proxy
21. GBIC
enterprise network
Gigabit Interface Converter
voltage
BSS
22. The fact that wireless signals follow a number of paths to their destination
EAPoL
multipath
BGP
power over ethernet
23. Is a secure form of HTTP
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
WDM
HTTPS
digital dis
24. A type of transmission in which there are several transmission channels on a communications medium - allowing more than one node to transmit at the same time.
broadband
Peer-to-peer network
network class a
AUI
25. Asynchronous digital subscriber line. Method of providing internet service that uses the standard phone line - but transmits data at a different frequency than voice. Faster than ISDN.
ADSL
Data Link
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
monitoring port (SPAN port)
26. Standards organizations representing 157 countries headquartered in Geneva. Goal is to establish international standards to facilitate global exchange of information and barrier-free trade
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Category 5e
Hubs
Domain Name
27. Works closely with IP in providing error and control information - by allowing hosts to exchange packet status information to help move the packets along the internetwork
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
installing cable
Point-to-Point
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
28. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
Correct default gateway
Telnet
beaconing
cabeloco
29. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
network access method
DB-9 connector
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
protocol and services
30. Multiplexing based on priority
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Serial
statistical multiplexing
31. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
Line Printer Daemon
route
NIC
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
32. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information.
Internet Protocol Security
IP address within the assigned network
modifying the file-sharing controls
encryption
33. The number of times a signal's amplitude changes over a fixed period of time - expressed in cycles per second - Hz
network address
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
false negative
Frequency
34. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Amplitude Modulation
Physical
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
35. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
modem
public network
active scanning
Category 3
36. ISDN
CRC
Network News Transport Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network
udp
37. MIB
Hyper text transfer protocol
FHSS
twisted pair connector
Management Information Base
38. Guarantees that a server continually has power even if a buildings electrical service is interrupted - continuous voltage to a device by switching virtually instantaneously to the battery when it detects loss of power
presentation layer
star-bus hybrid topology
Application
standby UPS
39. The seventh layer of the OSI model. Application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network.
Internet Protocol version 4
Application Layer
TIA
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
40. Delay between the transmission of a signal and its receipt
Analog
Category 6
Latency
false attack stimulus
41. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network
Class B Network
Application layer
protocol
A Protocol
42. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
MMF
port 143
MultiMode Fiber
cross talk
43. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
OSI
Alien Cross Talk
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
Session Layer (Layer 5)
44. The most commonly used form of Post office protocol.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
Synchronous Optical Network
Local Connector
digital adv
45. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
Network Switching
flow control
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
IETE
46. Measure of a signal's strength
the higher the frequency
Amplifier
Amplitude
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
47. IPSec
Network layer
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Internet Protocol Security
WAN
48. Device that separates broadcast domain
switch
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
virtual circuit
Class C Network
49. Virture privat network
Bits
modifying the file-sharing controls
VPN
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
50. Which protocol is responsible for splitting data into packets and adding a header to each one?
Full Duplex NIC Communication
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
network
Transmission Control Protocol