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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. RAS
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Remote Access Service
link dead phase
2. A cable that consists of a single cable sheath containing a combination of fibers and copper cable.
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
Star topology
leased line
coax cable connector
3. Gives each node unique address
Transport
false attack stimulus
butt set
entrance facilities
4. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal
Conduit
Analog
Frame
single-mode fiber-optic cable
5. What early protocol allows users to access machines remotley that has no security implemented within it?
Telnet
topology
Local Connector
impedance
6. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
half duplex
analog adv
extranet
Alternate Mark Inversion
7. Standard analog telephone system
passive topology
traceroute (tracert)
PSTN
fat pipe
8. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings
OSI Layer 1
extranet
EIA/TIA
Correct default gateway
9. Connects networks larger than a LAN - but smaller than a WAN
tuning
Category 1
NAT (Network Address Translation)
MAN
10. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Transmission media
1000base-sx
router
11. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
10Base-T
CSMA/CD
f type connector
transmission media
12. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
fault tolerance
Physical layer
modem
host
13. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
route
Internet
authentication
BGP
14. Experimentation 240-255
American Wire Gauge
Class E Network
firewall
OSI Layer 4
15. Set of protocols that specify how wireless networks works. Most common are currently B and G. N is an emerging standard.
100base-tx
802.11
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
16. Measure of a signal's strength
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
fiber optic cable
Workstation
Amplitude
17. 185 meters - 10Mbps
Hyper text transfer protocol
host
10BASE2 Limit
Loose network cable connection
18. Describes the relative strength over a three dimensional area of an antenna
power over ethernet
radiation pattern
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
19. Service that supports email
virtual circuit
communications services
MAC sublayer
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
20. Unique identifying number for a network node; follows a hierarchical addressing scheme; can be assigned through OS software; added to data packets and interpreted by protocols at the Network layer
network address
fat pipe
Physical layer
fragmentation
21. Process in which an NIDPS look for invalid data packets - packets that are malformed under the rules of the TCP/IP protocol
Frequency Modulation
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
protocol stack verification
22. CNAME
Canonical Name
transmit
where NICs operate
driver
23. A generic term for data being transmitted
API (application program interface)
physical media
packet
kereberos
24. 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
Crosstalk
Radio Frequency Interference
TCP/UDP
ESS
25. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
HTTP
802.5
802.2
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
26. A private network that functions like a tunnel though a large network-such as the Internet or an enterprise network-that is restricted to designated member clients only.
Noise
FCS (frame check sequence)
virture privat network (VPN)
Channel
27. Standards organizations representing 157 countries headquartered in Geneva. Goal is to establish international standards to facilitate global exchange of information and barrier-free trade
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
OSI Layer 7
28. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
Core
RAS
slip
29. CDFS
driver
CD-ROM File System
network interface card (NIC)
CRC
30. A thin coaxial cable usually RG-58
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
ISP (Internet service provider)
slip
network class B
31. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
Data Link
confidence value
firmware
10BASE2 Limit
32. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
Mesh topology
Network File System (NFS)
baseband
SMF
33. On a cable-TV WAN - a central receiving point for signals from various sources - including satellite - major cable sources - and local tevevision sources.
headened
CIDR block
block ID
NIC
34. VPN
Virtual Private Network
ports
udp
OSI Layer 1
35. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
subnetting purpose
bandwidth
IGMP
EAP
36. Maintains and assigns IP addresses in the US
Latency
twisted pair connector
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
DHCP
37. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
ISOC (Internet Society)
vampire tap
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
port 53
38. Data changed since the previous fill or incremental backup
Data Service Unit
incremental backup
ISO
OSI Layer 2
39. Physical Layer
intrusion reaction
ANDing
Bits
ISO
40. Ethernet communications at speeds up to 100 Mbps as defined under the IEEE 802.3u standard.
network class B
LC connector
Fast Ethernet
AM
41. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
connection oriented
802.16
EMI
42. RADIUS
Primary Domain Controller
Cladding
pstn
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
43. Associates a MAC address with a given IP address - reverse ARP
wavelength
RARP
NetWare Core Protocol
OSI Layer 5
44. Network interface card
Bandwidth
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
NIC
demand priority
45. FTP - file transfer- control
port 21
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
twisted shielded pair
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
46. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
IPSec
baseband
Category 3
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
47. A TCP/IP utility used to show or modify a client's host name.
hostname
PDU
bandwidth
duplex
48. Hard-to-define skills such as dependability
point to multipoint
soft skills
RIP
Session layer
49. Moving from one BSS to another without losing connectivity
Unshielded twisted pair
public network
roaming
Session
50. Network File System
NFS
Domain Controller
ITU
MPLS