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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Pulses of precise - positive voltages and zero voltages (binary)
IANA
baseband
digital signal
1000base-lx
2. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
Application Layer (Layer 7)
Frequency
switch
3. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
MAC address
beacon frame
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Fast Ethernet
4. MAC Protocols
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
inline sensor
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
5. Generates signals as changes in voltage at the NIC
MPLS
802.11
physical layer
star topology
6. American national standards institute
255.255.0.0
ANSI
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
7. Radio frequency interference
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
fiber optics
Data Link
RFI
8. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
Application layer
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
phase
Hertz
9. Media access control
MAC
Patch Panel
bandwidth
microwave
10. Groups of workstations are star connect to connectivity devices and then networked via single bus - cover long distances - easy to interconnect - more expensive - ethernet
star wired bus
intrusion detection system (IDS)
network
intrusion detection
11. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
pppoe
CSMACD
service data unit (SDU)
Transport
12. Equivalent to OSI Layer 3 Network
throughput
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
port 53
routing
13. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
synchronous communications
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
star-bus hybrid topology
false positive
14. Prevents two nodes transmitting at the same time
SFP
Modem
Point-to-Point Protocol
Data Link
15. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
Firewall configured correctly
fiber optic cable
MAN
IP (Internet Protocol)
16. Routing protocol has the poorest convergence time
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
OSI
RIP
modem
17. RJ 11
telephone connector
demilitarized zone
the more twist
internetwork
18. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
message and circuit
Ethernet
Internet Protocol version 4
cabeloco
19. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Noise
token ring
device ID
20. Security for https://
SSL
crossover cable
ppp
whois
21. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
connectionless
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ANDing
the more twist
22. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
ring topology
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
Half Duplex NIC Communication
FDDI
23. What type of browser is designed for use on small handheld devices such as palmtop computers and iPhones?
active scanning
802.5
Microbrowser
IP Addressing
24. Physical layer. 100 mpbs throughout. baseband transmission. cat 5 or higher utp. max length is 100 meters. two wire twisted pair-full duplexing.
Routing
Correct subnet mask
100base-tx
802.11
25. Is usde to communicate time synchronization information between systemson a network
BGP
802.11b
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
reassembly
26. Power loss - the amount of signal that is lost as it travels though the communication medium from the source (transmitting node) to the receiving node.
Attenuation
RADIUS
mesh topology
analog dis
27. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
Data Terminal Equipment
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
carrier sense
NIC
28. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
logical address
standard
Segment
token
29. Braided metal shielding used to insulate some types of coaxial cable
Braiding
POTS
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
Media Dependent Interface
30. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
Ethernet
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
transceiver
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
31. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
OSI Layer 5
Organizational Unit
client/server
SNMP
32. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire
ANSI
terminators
private network
Near End Cross Talk
33. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Apple File Protocol
OSI model
Point-to-Point
34. Backbone: A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Core Gateway
ICS host
Backbone
ICMP
35. Open System Interconnection
peer-to-peer network
OSI
Client Software
Attenuation
36. Type of switching for multiple data packets make up the same transmission and use identical paths to reach the destination
message and circuit
server
EMI
fault tolerance
37. Used to log on to a UNIX host
telnet
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
Internet Protocol version 4
Bits
38. Data jack
star-wired ring topology
host
rj-45
datagram
39. Helps you identify percentage of traffic that compromises broadcasts
network monitor
port 21
Transport Layer
Presentation
40. The physical layout of a computer network
fault tolerance
private network
topology
CHAP
41. NIS
stateful firewall
FDM
Network Information Service
passive scanning
42. Networking technology developed at Xerox in the 70s and improved by Digital Equipment Corp - Inel - and Xerox. Most common form of network transmission - follows IEEE 802.3 standard
Apple File Protocol
1000base-lx
HTTPS
Ethernet
43. OSPF
header
Open Shortest Path First
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
Cable Plant
44. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
Network File System (NFS)
full mesh
PDU (protocol data unit)
Data Link
45. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
network access method
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
Data Terminal Equipment
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
46. Is used to route electronic mail through the internetwork
protocol and services
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
digital adv
IEEE
47. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Default Gateway
access services
DHCP
broadcast storm
48. Trivial file transfer protocol
TFTP
CD-ROM File System
beacon frame
full mesh
49. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
Computer network
Common Internet File System
fully distributed control strategy
Hyper text transfer protocol
50. RADIUS
dig (domain information groper)
Main Distribution Frame
Physical
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service