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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A TCP/Ip troubleshooting utility that displays statistics and the state of current TCP/IP connections. It also displays ports - which can signal whether services are using the correct ports.






2. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)






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






4. (metropolitan area network) used with a handful of buildings and larger then a LAN - connects two or more Lans






5. A variation of CHAP designed by Microsoft






6. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes






7. HTTP - SMTP - POP3 - VoIP






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






9. Application Layer






10. Data jack






11. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication






12. Electromagnetic interference. waves from electrical devices. ex. RFI






13. Data terminal equipment - little independent data processing capability. ex. workstation






14. A situation in which two or more packets are detected at the same time on an Ethernet network.






15. LC - ST - SC - or MT RJ






16. LPD






17. Allows clients to communicate in different floors






18. FDDI






19. Narrow core - light travels in one path - longest distance - more expensive then MMF






20. A transmission method that has distinct signal levels to represent binary zeroes or ones - such as +5 volts and 0 volts.






21. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...






22. Data Link sublayer that manages flow control






23. BIND






24. Multiple signals travel simultaneously - medium is separated into multiple channels






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






26. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.






27. Physical Layer






28. Not-for-profit agency that manages distribution of IP addresses; ARIN for Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa - APNIC for Asia-Pacific - RIPE for Europe and North Africa






29. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire






30. The process of connecting to a wireless network






31. Tools in order to connect a new RJ45






32. Example of an internetwork






33. Name Of Layer 3






34. Layer 3






35. FM






36. CHAP






37. Signal interference caused by electrical devices that emit radio waves at the same frequency used by network signal transmissions.






38. NAT






39. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services






40. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.






41. MMF






42. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.






43. Knows which VLAN a stream of data belongs to by reading a tad added to each frames header






44. IP






45. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source






46. Measure of strength






47. Data transmission that involves one transmitter and one receiver






48. Provides services for applications






49. LDAP






50. A termination unit also called a transceiver or DSL modem