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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
Amplitude
802.3
port 53
network layer
2. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
Block ID
segment
Frequency
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
3. A specially configured connection on a network device that is capable of viewing all the traffic that moves through the entire device.
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
monitoring port (SPAN port)
logical link control (LLC)
ring topology
4. PAP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Presentation Layer
Password Authentication Protocol
bandwidth
5. VPN
Secure Copy
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Modem
Virtual Private Network
6. AM
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
mesh topology
EIA/TIA
Amplitude Modulation
7. Open Systems Interconnection model
Channel
OSI
CSMA/CD
NetWare Directory Services
8. This phase begins and end a PPP session.
Internet Key Exchange
link dead phase
management services
the more twist
9. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued
Serial
Session Layer (Layer 5)
Basic Rate Interface
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
10. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
Network layer
Localhost
PDU (protocol data unit)
Node
11. File Transfere Protocol
FTP
MAC address
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
fractionalizing
12. Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
802.44
digital
CSMA/CD
analog adv
13. POE standard
802.3af
lpr filename
segmentation
phishing
14. The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every node on a network
RADIUS
NetBIOs
MAC address
addressing
15. Decoy systems designed to lure potential attackers away from critical systems
Bandwidth
media access control (MAC)
honey pot
Class A Network
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
pstn
baseband
star wired bus
Frequency Modulation
17. Transport layer protocol that services a request without requiring a verified session and without guaranteeing delivery data
twisted pair connector
connectionless
Network Layer
SYN (syncronization)
18. IEEE standard for wireless networking
baseband
perimeter
the higher the frequency
802.44
19. Data terminal equipment - little independent data processing capability. ex. workstation
Incorrect cable type
DTE
Incorrect device drivers
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
20. Frequency division multiplexing
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
FDM
Application
OSI model
21. Defines host IP in packet headers
intranet
active scanning
Network Address Translation
Network
22. A flexible communications cable that contains pairs of insulated copper wires that are twisted together for reduction of EMI and RFI and covered with an outer insulating jacket.
twisted-pair cable
route
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
ISDN
23. Decreasing the size of data units when moving data from a network that can handle larger units to one that can handle only smaller units
SSL
fiber optic cable
Static IP Addressing
segmentation
24. The wave bounces back when encountering an object
Incorrect device drivers
pathping
port 25
reflection
25. Networking technology developed by IBM in the 80s; relies upon direct links between nodes and ring topology - using tokens to allow nodes to transmit data
star wired ring
Network
token ring
rollover cable
26. A versatile - chainable serial-bus technology that connects up to 127 devices at speeds of 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps as well as 480 Mbps.
Application Layer
whois
Universal serial bus
Mac Addressing
27. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
ACK (acknowledgement)
Default Gateway
EAP
bandwidth
28. Satellite used for broadband internet access
Routing
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
geosynchronous
lpr filename
29. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
standard connector
baseband
RFI
Modulation
30. Media Access Unit (transmitter/ receiver)
star wired bus
Transport
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
MAU
31. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
scattering
device address
Microbrowser
32. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.
transceiver
Network Switching
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
asynchronous comunications
33. Internet assigned numbers authority
f type connector
802.11
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
IANA
34. The process of connecting to a wireless network
Data Link
association
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
enterprise network
35. Only two wire pairs are reversed
802.5
crossover cable
802.11a
Remote Access Service
36. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
Category 5
Frequency Division Multiplexing
OSI Layer 2
Internetwork Packet Exchange
37. Allows you and eight coworkers to share a single internet routable IP address
SONET
Network
File Transfer Protocol
DNAT
38. The actual data - any communication that encodes a message
PAP
protocol stack verification
signal
MAN
39. Package for data that includes not only the data - or 'payload -' but also the sender's and recipient's addressing and control information. Generated at the Data Link layer and issued to the Physical layer
soft skills
datagram
frame
Management Information Base
40. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
802.11b
Session
digital
Media Converter
41. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
Post Office Protocol
EAP
flow control
Class A Network
42. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Domain Name System (DNS)
MMF
route
43. A type of interference that occurs when two LAN cables run close to each other. If one cable is carrying a signal and the other isn't - the one carrying a signal will induce a 'ghost' signal in the other cable
Crosstalk
frequency
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
1000base-lx
44. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
encapsulation
router
analog adv
proxy server
45. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network
collision detection
modifying the file-sharing controls
OSI
thin client computing
46. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal
Amplitude Modulation
cat 5
digital
coaxial cable
47. A Data Link sublayer of the OSI model that initiates the communication link between nodes and ensures the link is not unintentionally broken.
Internet Relay Chat
route
logical link control (LLC)
LAN
48. Two twisted wire pairs. It's the oldes type and is only voice grade - it isn't rated for data communication.
Category 1
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Localhost
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
49. Packet one node sends to request a connection with another; 1st of three-step process of establishing a connection
SYN (syncronization)
CD-ROM File System
Adjacent Layer Interaction
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
50. 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)
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
Password Authentication Protocol
SLIP