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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The process of wrapping one layer's PDU with protocol information so that it can be interpreted by a lower layer. For example - Data Link layer protocols encapsulate Network layer packets in frames.
encapsulate
Ferrule
ICS host
crossover cable
2. IIS
analog signal
Domain Name System (DNS)
frequency
Internet Information Services
3. IDPS that examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Application Layer
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
4. CSMA / CD
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
Secure Shell (SSH
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
analog dis
5. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
ring topology
255.255.0.0
broadcast storm
OSI
6. Integrated digital network
isdn
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
FCS (frame check sequence)
Amplitude
7. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
PPP
SMTP
802.3
back door
8. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application
carrier sense
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
VLAN
ITU
9. Pointing in a direction
ISOC (Internet Society)
directional antennas
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
10. 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
segmentation
plenum area
route
trap and trace
11. 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
IANA
PDU (protocol data unit)
access point
Crosstalk
12. A data communications technique that transmits a packet directly from the sending node - though a switch - and to the receiving node - without passing though other network nodes.
router
Internet Connection Sharing
demand priority
Local Connector
13. Which layer in the OSI is responsible for routing and controling the flow of packets around the network?
SIP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Post Office Protocol version 3
Network Layer
14. SFTP
Presentation layer
FM
POP (Post Office Protocol)
Secure File Transfer Protocol
15. Used to log on to a UNIX host
power over ethernet
Application
telnet
Device power off
16. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit
trap and trace
SNMP
intrusion correction
Bandwidth
17. ARP
Access Control List
IEEE
wide area network (WAN)
Address Resolution Protocol
18. Time Division Multiple Access
TDMA
OSI Layer 3
RIP
OSI Layer 6
19. A type of address translation in which a limited pool of internet-valid IP addresses is shared by multiple private network hosts.
SONET
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Optical Loss
RIP
20. Network Layer
OSI Layer 3
ring topology
Twister Pair Cable
Loose network cable connection
21. QoS
Quality of Service
fragmentation
Berkeley Software Distribution
management services
22. On a cable-TV WAN - a central receiving point for signals from various sources - including satellite - major cable sources - and local tevevision sources.
POP (Post Office Protocol)
headened
DCE
traceroute (tracert)
23. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
cross talk
Serial
physical layer
ring topology
24. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
Modem
standard
NetBIOs
virture privat network (VPN)
25. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet
Repeater
honey net
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
ppp
26. The communication between two networking devices for the purposes of the functions defined at a particular layer of a networking model - with the communication happening by using a header defined by that layer of the model. The two devices set values
Same Layer Interaction
Multiplexing
Device power off
network address
27. Internet Engineering Task Force
IETE
synchronous communications
TDM
Bit-Error Rate Test
28. Application Layer
Ethernet (characteristics)
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
plenum area
OSI Layer 7
29. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
DSLAM
entrance facilities
carrier sense
30. Twist wire so you don't get interference on the memory
fixing cross talk
network class C
WINS
MAN
31. 2nd layer; bridges the networking media with the Network layer. Primary function is to divide the data it receives from the Network layer into frames to be transmitted by the Physical layer
OSI Layer 3
Data Link layer
Crossover Cable
analog dis
32. International society composed of engineering professionals with goals of promoting development and education in the electrical engineering and computer science fields
Regeneration
ethernet
IEEE
15 hops
33. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
standard connector
ATU-R
nslookup
Segment
34. ACL
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
Flow Control
goodput
Access Control List
35. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.
terminators
Star topology
dig (domain information groper)
Basic Rate Interface
36. A command-line utility that combines the functionality of the tracert and ping commands (similar to UNIX's mtr command) and comes with Windows XP - Vista - and Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008
pathping
back hack
Conduit
SCP
37. An 8-bit character-coding method consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers - plus 32 nonprinting characters.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Integrated Services Digital Network
PSTN
OSI
38. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
Default Gateway
FM
soft skills
routing
39. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
Firewall configured correctly
Synchronous Optical Network
T-Carrier Level 1
modem
40. Allows for secure interactive control of remote systems
Secure Shell (SSH
Internet Control Message Protocol
incremental backup
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
41. SONET
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
power over ethernet
Synchronous Optical Network
NNTP
42. The NIC and network equipment are set up so that they have the capacity to send and receive simultaneously. which is possible because od buffering at the NIC.
Full Duplex NIC Communication
NetWare Directory Services
multipath
Electrical Signaling
43. In CIDR notation - the number of bits used for an extended network prefix. For example - the CIDR block for 199.34.89.0/22 is /22
Encapsulation
network address
Presentation
CIDR block
44. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
Application
social engineering
tuning
Physical
45. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack
Patch Panel
Port Numbers
RTT
alert or alarm
46. FTP - file transfer- control
message and circuit
NetWare Directory Services
honey net
port 21
47. Multiplexing based on priority
statistical multiplexing
vampire tap
Demarcation Point
Application Layer
48. Process of directing a datagram from its source through an internetwork to its destination using the most efficient path.
STP
fault tolerance
crossover cable
routing
49. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
soft skills
network class B
server
coaxial cable
50. Public switched telephone network
802.16
PSTN
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
DSLAM