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IT: Networking Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...






2. Internet control message protocol






3. Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection






4. Which protocol allows users to send emails?






5. Analog - only one direction. radio frequency analog waves w differences in frequency. expensive - longer distance. ex. cable TV






6. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.






7. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.






8. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Alternative name: 1000BASE-LX - 1000BASE-SX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3z - Cable Type: Fiber max length 550m (sx) - 5 km(lx)






9. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport






10. Used by web browser and web servers to exchange files






11. Hardware that constitutes the enterprise-wide cabling system






12. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.






13. Network interface card






14. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end






15. A fiber-optic data transport method capable of a 100-Mbps transfer rate using a dual ring topology; largely supplanted today by faster Ethernet method.






16. Hardware device typically used to connect multiple LANs






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






18. IGMP






19. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.






20. Data Link Layer






21. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server






22. FDM






23. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.






24. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






25. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.






26. Large networks 1-126






27. 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






28. Maximum arc into which you can loop a cable before you will cause data transmission errors






29. Crimp into pins 1 and 2 of RJ 45 connector






30. Network Layer






31. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard






32. CSMA / CD






33. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure






34. The <html> - <head> and <body> tags are all examples of ________ tags






35. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.






36. DC






37. Representatives from electronics manufacturers across the US that sets standards for electronic equipment and lobbies for legislation favorable to the growth of the computer and electronics industries






38. IDPS that examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures






39. Device that boosts - or strengthens - and analog signal






40. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex






41. A computer on a network that requests services or resources from another computer on a network






42. Virture privat network






43. SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol






44. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments






45. The physical layout of a computer network






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






47. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal






48. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer






49. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.






50. 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