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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. First set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer
block ID
Internet Protocol
Internet
Application layer
2. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
Transport
Half-Duplex
10 Gigabit Ethernet
client/server
3. Device that enables networks or segments using different media to interconnect and exchange signals
Media Converter
multipath
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
thin client computing
4. PRI
plenum area
Primary Rate Interface
ICAN
LC connector
5. Also called the physical or device address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
intrusion prevention
connectivity device
false negative
MAC address
6. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.
SNMP
802.2
asynchronous comunications
AUI
7. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
Packet
Logical Link Control
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
FM
8. Extended service set: a group of access points
ESS
encapsulate
Active Directory
site policy awareness
9. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.
Network Behavior Analysis
CRC
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
10. Media Access Unit (transmitter/ receiver)
honey net
Wide area network (WAN
Star topology
MAU
11. The process in which an attacker obtains confidential information by contacting employees and deceiving them into giving up passwords - IP addresses - server names - and so on.
social engineering
CSMA/CA
power budget
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
12. OTDR
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
modifying the file-sharing controls
Network Address Translation
13. Saturation of network bandwidth caused by excessive traffic - as when a large number of computers or devices attemp to transmit simultaneously - or when computers or devices presist in transmitting repeatedly.
supernet mask
Port 23
broadcast storm
ISO
14. 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.
Hertz
1000base-lx
packet filtering - application proxy
dig (domain information groper)
15. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.
cp connection
access point
Service Set Identifier
Single mode fiber
16. 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
AM
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
Crosstalk
inline sensor
17. The most widely-used protocol that manages notes posted on usenet newsgroups
TCP port 23
Frequency Modulation
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
transmission media
18. GSNW
Half Duplex NIC Communication
subnetting purpose
EIA/TIA
Gateway Services for NetWare
19. Useful for troubleshooting a network connectivity problem from workstation to another workstation
crossover cable
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
DB-25 connector
Network Information Service
20. Service that supports email
BNC connector
communications services
telephone connector
demilitarized zone
21. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
wide area network (WAN)
Telnet
Point-to-Multipoint
transmit
22. Amplitude modulation-amplitude of signal is modified
Unshielded twisted pair
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
Core Gateway
AM
23. Wavelength division multiplexing
Apple File Protocol
WDM
GBIC
Point-to-Multipoint
24. 185 meters - 10Mbps
Active Directory
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
10BASE2 Limit
SNMP
25. Technique for formatting signals in which one property of a carrier wave is modified by the addition of a data signal during transmission
Modulation
packet
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
segment
26. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
ATM
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
simplex
Access Control List
27. Public switched telephone network
Crossover Cable
OSI Layer 1
DNAT
pstn
28. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
DB-25 connector
physical media
fiber optics
t1 connection
29. IEEE standard for wireless networking
IEEE 802.12 Standard
802.44
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
Application
30. Bootstrap Protocol
SDU
Application
BOOTP
WDM
31. A very high speed - long distance media that consists of a single strand of fiber glass that carries the signals. Can transmit data 50 times further than multimode fiber at a faster rate
Single mode fiber
bus topology
ATU-R
Presentation
32. Defines host IP in packet headers
transport layer
Simple Network Management Protocol
checksum
Network
33. Electromagnetic interference
ACK (acknowledgement)
hot site
logical link control (LLC)
EMI
34. Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
plenum cables
Physical layer
IEEE
IETE
35. An authentication protocol that uses public key technology to provide users with secured access to network resources.
Class A
signal
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Kerberos
36. 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
session
T-Carrier Level 1
Mac Addressing
37. Alert or alarm that occurs in the absence of an actual attack
Layer 2 Forwarding
false positive
full mesh
Session
38. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
UDP
broadband
Crossover Cable
footprinting
39. Domain Name System
single-mode fiber-optic cable
DNS
Telnet
satellite
40. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
FHSS
connection
Session
IP address within the assigned network
41. A cable that consists of a single cable sheath containing a combination of fibers and copper cable.
lpr filename
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
Near End Cross Talk
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
42. Ethernet communications at speeds up to 100 Mbps as defined under the IEEE 802.3u standard.
Internet Protocol Security
Fast Ethernet
Computer network
WINS
43. A single physical/non-physical medium for connecting computers
white/orange and orange
Telnet
passive scanning
medium
44. Network time protocol
Client
NTP
noise
Network News Transport Protocol
45. Most resistant to EMI
fiber optic cable
computer network
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Protocol
46. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
255.255.255.252
Multistation Access Unit
Secure Shell
OSI Layer 7
47. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
Secure File Transfer Protocol
OSI model
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
48. Controls how applications access network
Application
Physical
pathping
alien cross talk
49. A type of multimode fiber-optic cable that reflects the light-based signals like a mirror within the cable - resulting in different signals arriving at different times and with an increased likeihood of distortion over longer cable runs.
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
single-mode fiber-optic cable
SONET
analog
50. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal
switch
spread-spectrum
802.11b
MAN