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IT: Networking Vocab

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1. NIS






2. Hardware device located at the ISP side of ADSL connections.






3. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol






4. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.






5. BRI






6. Transport Layer






7. The seventh layer of the OSI model. Application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network.






8. Point or stage in a wave's progress over time






9. Communications cable that has no shielding material between the pair of insulated wires twisted together and the cable's outside jacket.






10. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media






11. Is a method for automatically assigning address and other configuration parameters to network hosts.






12. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP






13. Data changed since the previous fill or incremental backup






14. Transforms data into a form network or applications will understand






15. NDS






16. Type of switching for multiple data packets make up the same transmission and use identical paths to reach the destination






17. Layer 1






18. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal






19. AD






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






21. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive






22. Strategy in which all IDPS control functions are implemented and managed in a central location






23. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver






24. The process of reconstructing segmented data






25. International Organization for Standardization






26. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit






27. 5th layer; establishes and maintains communication between two nodes on the network; 'traffic cop'






28. OTDR






29. LPD






30. The physical layout of cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames or packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions.






31. MIB






32. Physical Layer






33. Connection for data exchange between two parties






34. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations






35. 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






36. Application layer protocol that formulates and interprets requests between Web clients and servers






37. A TCP/IP utility that at its simplest returns either to IP address of a host if its host name is specified or its host name if its IP address is specified






38. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.






39. Reflection in multiple different directions of a signal






40. A switchhing method that creates separte channels on one communication medium by establishing different frequencies for each channel.






41. Every node on the network is connected through a central device like a switch - cannot be disabled by a single malfunction in a workstation - scalable - - popular - expensive - cable malfunction will only effect 2 workstations - more fault tolerant.






42. A professional membership society that helps establish technical standards for the internet






43. Simple Network Management Protocol






44. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding






45. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit






46. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc






47. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table






48. The fact that wireless signals follow a number of paths to their destination






49. IEEE standard describing specifications for wireless transmissions






50. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data