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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. (fix) if analog shield twisted pairs or if digital with a repeater
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
network interface card (NIC)
omnidirectional antenna
fixing noise
2. Routers work here
Backup Domain Controller
Network
Network layer
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
3. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
encapsulate
fiber optics
SDU
NIC
4. The cabling or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them. - Means by which a communications signal is carried from one system to another (for example - twisted-pair wire
Transmission media
Entrance Facilities
OSI
Transport
5. A specialized device that allows multiple networks or segments to connect and exchange data
Session Layer
connectivity device
Network layer
partially distributed control strategy
6. Application Layer
Bandwidth
SMTP
Private Network
synchronous communications
7. Layer 1
Secure Copy
Port Numbers
driver
Physical
8. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard
OSI Layer 1
enterprise network
physical media
SONET
9. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
Demultiplexer
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
network address
10. A network design in which every node is connected to every other node - achieving fault tolerance.
Encapsulation
STP
Mesh topology
Radio Waves
11. A boundary between two zones of trust
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
LAN
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
perimeter
12. Helps you identify percentage of traffic that compromises broadcasts
network monitor
Category 1
IEEE
carrier sense
13. 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.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
SMF
nbtstat
802.3
14. Multiple signals travel simultaneously - medium is separated into multiple channels
Topology
multiplexing
redirector
Category 6
15. Fiber-optic cable used on a network backbone for high-speed communications - such as between floors of a building.
fat pipe
EMI
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Incorrect cable type
16. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
Single mode fiber
TDMA
IP gateway in NAT
ssl
17. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies
narrowband
reassembly
Transport
RIP
18. Alert or alarm that occurs in the absence of an actual attack
false positive
IP address within the assigned network
terminators
connection oriented
19. IEEE standard describing specifications for wireless transmissions
multiprotocol label switching
802.11
ICS host
FCS (frame check sequence)
20. GSNW
flow control
Gateway Services for NetWare
Independent Computer Architecture
white/orange and orange
21. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.
Category 5e
DNAT
IP address within the assigned network
satellite
22. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN
15 hops
API (application program interface)
Round Trip Time
Remote Desktop Protocol
23. Services that allow remote users to connect to the network
Byte
ATU-R
access services
presentation layer
24. Each computer is connected to a central device
star topology
digital dis
dedicated lines
broadcast storm
25. Technique for formatting signals in which one property of a carrier wave is modified by the addition of a data signal during transmission
thin client computing
Modulation
bus topology
CD-ROM File System
26. Wide area network
WAN
proxy server
Network
1000base-sx
27. An error condition on a token ring network that indicates one or more nodes is not functioning.
Transport
Punch-Down Block
beaconing
cp connection
28. A network design built by running cable from one PC of file server to the next - like links in a chain.
bus topology
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
mesh topology
telephone connector
29. The fact that wireless signals follow a number of paths to their destination
microwave
10base-t
WDM
multipath
30. NLM
incremental backup
NetWare Loadable Module
diffraction
Point-to-Point Protocol
31. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
switch
network
Internet Protocol version 4
DHCP
32. IMAP4
dedicated lines
Routing
Physical
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
33. An authentication protocol that uses public key technology to provide users with secured access to network resources.
intrusion prevention
Category 5e
Kerberos
coax cable connector
34. Frequency Division Multiple Access
workstation
FDMA
private network
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
35. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet
digital dis
router
stp
FTP
36. Wireless standard
PDU (protocol data unit)
802.11
digital adv
site policy awareness
37. Is a challenge respone authentication protocol
frame
CHAP
RARP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
38. RADIUS
Fast Ethernet
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
ITU
39. A systematic survey of all of the target organization's Internet addresses that is conducted to identify network services offered by hosts in that range
demand priority
fingerprinting
NetWare Loadable Module
Unshielded twisted pair
40. Nondata info that must accompany data for it to be properly routed. addition to data
overhead
topology
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
LAN
41. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
soft skills
application protocol verification
power budget
RTS/CTS
42. Routing protocol has the poorest convergence time
RIP
media access control (MAC)
IANA
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
43. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
network interface card (NIC)
Core Gateway
station
44. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Altenative name: 1000BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3ab - Cable type: copper max length 100m
Entrance Facilities
encapsulate
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
node
45. Slow wireless standard 11-18 throughput
power budget
802.11a
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
Basic Rate Interface
46. System founded on using 1s and 0s to encode information
Protocol
Post Office Protocol version 3
Primary Rate Interface
Binary
47. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
NTP
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
digital dis
Category 5
48. Addresses packet size
station
Data Link
half duplex
Half-Duplex
49. Field in a frame responsible for ensuring that data carried by the frame arrives intact. Uses an algorithm - such as CRC - to accomplish verification
802.16
port 80
FCS (frame check sequence)
Firewall configured correctly
50. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc
Electromagnetic Interference
Transport
SONET
Virtual private network (VPN)