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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots






2. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases






3. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.






4. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments






5. Translated network addresses into their physical counterparts






6. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable






7. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.






8. Internet group management protocol






9. DC






10. 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.






11. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






12. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.






13. MAC address






14. Device that boosts - or strengthens - and analog signal






15. Which protocol allows users to send emails?






16. AH






17. An enclosed area - such as a false floor - or ceiling - in which pressure from air or gas can be greater than the pressure outside the enclosed area - particularly during a fire. Plenum area in buildings often extend to multiple rooms or extend throu






18. A data transmission rate






19. Prevents two nodes transmitting at the same time






20. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission






21. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 250 MHz.






22. Strength of digital signal






23. Transport Layer






24. Activities finalize restoration of operations to a normal state and seek to identify source and method of intrusion to ensure same type of attack cannot occur again






25. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.






26. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access






27. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC






28. 1-126






29. International telecommunication Union






30. On a computer that receives data over a network - the process in which the device interprets the lower-layer headers and - when finished with each header - removes the header - revealing the next-higher-layer PDU.






31. A technique for connecting to a network at a remote location using Internet as the medium.






32. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network






33. Device that can detect intrusion and launch an active response






34. A network that links multiple LAN's in large city or metropolitan region.






35. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Alternative name: 1000BASE-LX - 1000BASE-SX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3z - Cable Type: Fiber max length 550m (sx) - 5 km(lx)






36. HTTP - SMTP - POP3 - VoIP






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






38. Sequences packets in correct order






39. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?






40. RDP






41. Zeroconf






42. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable






43. Standard rating that indicates the diameter of a wire






44. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back






45. Network Layer






46. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network






47. Techniques that employ hardware and software to province assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data losses






48. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard






49. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives






50. EFS