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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
fixing cross talk
Same Layer Interaction
Computer network
protocol
2. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
baseband
rj-11
Internet Information Services
3. Provides services for applications
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
CD-ROM File System
Application
4. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
intrusion detection
bus topology
CHAP
OSI
5. Consists of activities that deter intrusion
VLAN
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
evasion
intrusion prevention
6. Associates a MAC address with a given IP address - reverse ARP
traceroute (tracert)
port 123
RARP
demilitarized zone
7. Network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems.
Backup Domain Controller
fat pipe
Presentation
extranet
8. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds
Entrance Facilities
Round Trip Time
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
2.4-GHz band
9. A physical layer standard that defines a method for building a synchronous telecommunications network based on fiber-optic cables.
POP3
EMI
hub
SONET
10. Multimode fiber
stp
demand priority
MMF
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
11. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
2.4-GHz band
connectionless
Frequency Division Multiplexing
overhead
12. Reverse address resolution protocol
Network Layer
Amplitude
RARP
ISOC (Internet Society)
13. Form of transmission that allows multiple signals to travel simultaneously over one medium
Multiplexing
SMF
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
DNS
14. IDPS that reviews log files from servers - network devices - and other IDPSs for signatures indicating an attack or intrusion
vampire tap
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
802.3
15. A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Session
backbone
ARP
Layer 2 Forwarding
16. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
tuning
star wired bus
Ring topology
broadband
17. A remote connection where the client computer is a low-end computer that communicates with a terminal server.
Internetwork Packet Exchange
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
thin client computing
NetBIOs
18. Process of directing a datagram from its source through an internetwork to its destination using the most efficient path.
routing
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
10base-t
Server
19. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible
T-Carrier Level 1
Secure Shell (SSH)
analog dis
honey net
20. CHAP
TCP/IP
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Telnet
21. IPv6 addressing - multicast group
FF02
scattering
protocol stack verification
star wired ring
22. Is associated with unix/linux networks
POP3
Secure Copy
Device power unplugged
Coaxial Cable
23. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
fiber optic connector
power over ethernet
driver signing
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
24. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
66 Block
Password Authentication Protocol
25. Data only
mesh topology
Media Dependent Interface
goodput
Data Link
26. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
device address
Common Internet File System
Network
throughput
27. Used to resolve NetBIOS names w IP address
WINS
intrusion detection system (IDS)
communications media
Class A Network
28. The process of reconstructing segmented data
collision
AM
reassembly
VPN
29. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
star-wired bus topology
RTT
Backbone
Host
30. OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
headened
PDU
power budget
31. PAP
Amplitude Modulation
Password Authentication Protocol
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
32. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stop. Aborbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end-t
terminator
802.3
PPP
alarm clustering and compaction
33. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end
Modem
ports
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
HTTPS
34. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
Access Control List
internetwork
application protocol verification
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
35. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
lpr filename
stateless firewall
MS-CHAP
alert or alarm
36. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
255.255.0.0
CIDR block
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
37. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
multimeter
WAN Connectivity
firmware
38. Electronics industries Alliance
EIA
crossover cable
star wired bus
SSID
39. Segment
frame
66 Block
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
analog dis
40. It enables the sending node to obtain the MAC address of the intended recipient before packets are sent.
port 110
stp
ssl
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
41. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
device ID
::1
Media Converter
packet
42. All wires are reversed
fully distributed control strategy
Access Control List
bandwidth
rollover cable
43. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
Serial
Secure Shell (SSH
Networking Model
File Transfer Protocol
44. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.
coaxial cable
checksum
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
beacon frame
45. Logical link control
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
LLC
binary
Class C Network
46. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
Network layer
NIC drivers
Encrypting File System
port 143
47. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
crimping tool and wore stripper
service data unit (SDU)
digital dis
lpr filename
48. Netscape and Microsoft have implemented HTTPS to protect data transported via their Web browsers.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Main Distribution Frame
tracert
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
49. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
SMTP
datagram
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
AUI
50. Device that receives and retransmits microwave data signals
satellite
DNS
802.11
router