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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Amplitude modulation-amplitude of signal is modified
SYN (syncronization)
Channel Service Unit
AM
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
2. Provides th transfer medium (such as cable) - Translates data into a transmission signal appropriate to the transfer medium - Sends the signal along the transfer medium - Includes the pyical layout of the network - Monitors for transmission error - D
butt set
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
ICMP
Multiplexer
3. A set of routines that make up part of a software application
RARP
API (application program interface)
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
cable plant
4. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.
pstn
asynchronous comunications
CSU/DSU
Local area network (LAN)
5. 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.
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
bandwidth
true attack stimulus
Workstation
6. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
fault tolerance
token
media
ISO
7. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
Internetwork Packet Exchange
router
firmware
NFS
8. Connects multiple LANs
WAN
bus topology
rj-11
trap and trace
9. Knows which VLAN a stream of data belongs to by reading a tad added to each frames header
centralized control strategy
bandwidth
FCS (frame check sequence)
switch
10. Loop back address for IPv6
Network layer
NFS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
::1
11. IPSec
Multistation Access Unit
API (application program interface)
Internet Protocol Security
link quality monitoring
12. The process of enclosing data for transmission
Workstation
geosynchronous
encapsulation
Virtual private network (VPN)
13. Techniques that employ hardware and software to province assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data losses
fault tolerance
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
PPP
authentication
14. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
subnetting purpose
Binary
Amplitude
Bus topology
15. Internet Engineering Task Force
single-mode fiber-optic cable
Internet Information Services
RealVNC
IETE
16. Session Layer
DHCP
Firewall Filtering
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
OSI Layer 5
17. ARP
stateless firewall
Presentation Layer
Address Resolution Protocol
Channel Service Unit
18. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
LC connector
digital
network class C
driver signing
19. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
Populated Segment
Broadband
Application Layer
VLAN
20. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
ARP
Group Policy Object
Crosstalk
OSI model
21. First part of the datagram - which consists of general information about the size of the packet - the protocol that was used to send it - and the IP address of both the source computer and its destination.
header
RARP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
IETE
22. Multicast group 224-239
Class D Network
DB-25 connector
Encrypting File System
PSTN
23. File Transfere Protocol
network
FTP
encapsulate
Independent Computer Architecture
24. Which protocol allows users to send emails?
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
SMTP
cabeloco
CHAP
25. Capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction
fixing attenuation
fault tolerance
topology
Transport
26. Packet one node sends to request a connection with another; 1st of three-step process of establishing a connection
firmware
SYN (syncronization)
MAN
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
27. Internet group management protocol
SMTP
Frequency Modulation
IGMP
firewall
28. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
Application Layer
cross talk
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Protocol
29. Only two wire pairs are reversed
A Protocol
crossover cable
switch
Session
30. A logical grouping of information that includes the network layer header and encapsulated data - but specifically does not include any headers and trailers below the network layer.
asynchronous comunications
Packet
star wired bus
Application
31. Bootstrap Protocol
Media Converter
kereberos
IGMP
BOOTP
32. Set of protocols that specify how wireless networks works. Most common are currently B and G. N is an emerging standard.
service data unit (SDU)
FDDI
Multiplexing
802.11
33. Layer 1
switch
Internet Information Services
RS 232
Physical
34. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
DNS
EAP
Secure Copy Protocol
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
35. BIND
CRC
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Data Link
36. Allows for secure interactive control of remote systems
flow control
frequency
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
Secure Shell (SSH
37. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
Faulty network cable
Single mode fiber
MAC address
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
38. IKE
dig (domain information groper)
encryption
packet filtering - application proxy
Internet Key Exchange
39. Signal interference caused by magnetic force field generated by electrical devices such as motors.
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
multiple access
management services
1550bytes
40. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
Fault tolerance
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Gigabit Interface Converter
Session Layer
41. More reliable then analog - noise doesn't affect as much - more efficient - fewer errors
Extended Network Prefix
RFI
digital adv
802.44
42. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMTP
alarm clustering and compaction
TCP port 23
Amplitude Modulation
43. Device used to regenerate a signal
tracepath
bus topology
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Repeater
44. Initiates the communication link - Makes sure the communication link is maintained - Determines which node transmits at any point in time - such as which one transmits first - Disconnectd when a communication session is over - Translates node address
Noise
Session Layer (Layer 5)
stp
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
45. Network Layer
Line Printer Daemon
goodput
Packets
Terminator
46. 5th layer; establishes and maintains communication between two nodes on the network; 'traffic cop'
Session layer
Presentation
TFTP
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
47. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
media access control (MAC)
Virtual private network (VPN)
data packets
client
48. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
802.11n
public network
synchronous communications
network layer
49. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network
DNAT
coaxial cable
Application
Optical Loss
50. Service data unit
Independent Computer Architecture
Presentation
IP address within the assigned network
SDU