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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Equivalent to OSI Layer 7 Application - Layer 6 Presentation - Layer 5 Session
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
Internet Relay Chat
block ID
network monitor
2. Protocol that encapsulates data for transmission over VPNs
L2TP
Session
Data Link Layer
TFTP
3. 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.
Alien Cross Talk
ISOC
Universal serial bus
CD-ROM File System
4. Application Layer
Client Software
NIC (Network Interface Card)
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
protocol
5. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
horizontal cabling
connectionless
segmentation
6. Issue signals along a network medium
transmit
networks enable users to share resources
enterprise network
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
7. The general topic of how on one computer - two adjacent layers in a networking architectural model work together - with the lower layer proving services to the higher layer.
66 Block
modem
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Computer network
8. 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
route
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
nslookup
GBIC
9. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
Internet
Segments
Improperly configured switch
255.255.255.252
10. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Access Control List
service data unit (SDU)
AUI
11. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
nbtstat
Data Link
Terminator
footprinting
12. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
TCP port 23
phase
pstn
13. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
Network Layer (Layer 3)
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Transport layer
Coaxial Cable
14. The process of enclosing data for transmission
encapsulation
dig (domain information groper)
honey pot
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
15. Strength of digital signal
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Encapsulation
voltage
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
16. RJ 45
intrusion
twisted pair connector
Computer network
pathping
17. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Virtual private network (VPN)
High-Level Data Link Control
NetWare Loadable Module
18. Consists of activities that deter intrusion
FTP
intrusion prevention
OSI Reference to TCP
fault tolerance
19. 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
NIC (Network Interface Card)
plenum area
SYN (syncronization)
supernet mask
20. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
66 Block
DSL
rollover cable
ports
21. A series of interconnected computers - printing devices - and other computer equipment that shares hardware and software resources. The service area usually is limited to a given office area - floor - or building.
PSTN
port 123
TIA
Local area network (LAN)
22. Power loss - the amount of signal that is lost as it travels though the communication medium from the source (transmitting node) to the receiving node.
packet
Attenuation
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
satellite
23. 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
Network Layer (Layer 3)
IP (Internet Protocol)
frame
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
24. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
10BASE5 Limit
Node
Twister Pair Cable
partially distributed control strategy
25. Term that describes current anti-intrusion technologies
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
26. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
modifying the file-sharing controls
Transport Layer
link dead phase
Cross Talk
27. Network news transfer protocol
NNTP
plain old telephone service (POTS)
DB-9 connector
Faulty network cable
28. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
tuning
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
analog signal
29. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Private Network
centralized control strategy
Basic Rate Interface
30. Physical Layer
5-4-3 rule
coaxial cable
port 22
Bits
31. Max size of data units on Ethernet networks
1550bytes
Data Service Unit
Alternate Mark Inversion
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
32. Basic service set: a group of stations that share an access point
BSS
POP (Post Office Protocol)
HTTP
device ID
33. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end
NetWare Core Protocol
Terminator
route
block ID
34. Logical link control
Network File System
LLC
checksum
asymmetrical transmission
35. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Private Network
socket
802.11
36. A computer that has its own CPU and may be used as a stand-alone computer for word processing - spreadsheet creation - or other software applications. It also may be used to access another computer such as another workstation or server via a network.
OSI Layer 1
multimeter
Workstation
IP Address
37. The actual data - any communication that encodes a message
ISDN
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
management services
signal
38. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
Independent Computer Architecture
analog
MAC sublayer
transceiver
39. Resistance that contributes to controlling an electrical signal; measured in ohms
connection
full mesh
nslookup
Impedance
40. Connection-less
diffraction
narrowband
udp
BGP
41. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and forwards them to the correct section of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub and a switch.
plenum area
router
VLAN
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
42. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
Secure Copy
Protocol Data Unit
MultiMode Fiber
packet
43. (metropolitan area network) used with a handful of buildings and larger then a LAN - connects two or more Lans
MAN
Network
passive scanning
Attenuation
44. Occurs when attacker attempts to gain entry or disrupt normal operations of information systems - almost always with intent to do harm
802.3af
monitoring port (SPAN port)
intrusion
inline sensor
45. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
Half-Duplex
spread-spectrum
Device power unplugged
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
46. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire
terminators
Ethernet
Correct subnet mask
SCP
47. The more resistant to cross talk (STP)
Session
Frequency Modulation
the more twist
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
48. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
BNC connector
Ethernet
Domain Name
network access method
49. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
twisted shielded pair
udp
cross talk
CHAP
50. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
Plenum
LC connector
Packets
network