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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Controls how applications access network
Application
RARP
frequency
bridge
2. An arm of the Internet Society (ISOC) that works on Internet-relateed technical issues.
utp
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
RIP
stateless firewall
3. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMTP
Core Gateway
TCP/IP
fully distributed control strategy
4. Connection based
plenum area
social engineering
Kerberos
cp connection
5. Signals travel in one direction
Application Layer
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
simplex
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
6. What is a unique name that identifies an internet site called?
FDDI
addressing
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
Domain Name
7. Failure of an IDPS to react to an actual attack event
Fault tolerance
false negative
Point-to-Multipoint
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
8. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
extranet
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
connectionless
ASCII
9. Transport protocol and TCP/IP port that uses telnet utility use
Class A Network
TCP port 23
MultiMode Fiber
EIA/TIA
10. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
IP address within the assigned network
lpr filename
Simple Network Management Protocol
half duplex
11. Layer 4
Transport
frame
firmware
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
12. Which layer in the OSI network model handles data format information for networked communications?
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Demarcation Point
Presentation Layer
latency
13. Electromagnetic interference
connectionless
Session
ESS
EMI
14. A term referring to a data-link header and trailer - plus the data encapsulated between the header and trailer.
Frame
Overhead
telephone connector
OSI
15. Stop signals after they have reached the end of the wire
terminators
multimeter
Transmission media
RTT
16. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
port 110
ssl
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
17. Each node passively listens for then accepts data
overhead
multiple access
passive topology
Authentication Header
18. An organization composed of more than 100 representatives from industry and government who together determine standards for the electronics industry in addition to other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering.
NetWare Directory Services
Canonical Name
message and circuit
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
19. Physical layer. 1 gpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. cat 5e or higher utp. twisted pair.
1000base-t
CIDR block
alert or alarm
ethernet
20. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz.
STP
Category 5
Open Shortest Path First
Address Resolution Protocol
21. A type of address translation in which each private IP address is correlated with its own Internet-recognized IP address.
DSSS
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
topology
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
22. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
encapsulate
cross talk
host
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
23. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
fading
5-4-3 rule
connectionless
star-wired ring topology
24. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
Amplitude Modulation
bandwidth
demand priority
IEEE
25. Physical layer. 10 giga bit throughput. baseband transmission. twisted pair. max length is 100 meters. cat 6 or 7.
10Gbase-t
TFTP
node
reassembly
26. Wide area network
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Presentation Layer
CSU/DSU
WAN
27. Internet Layer
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Same Layer Interaction
Cladding
28. Packet one node sends to request a connection with another; 1st of three-step process of establishing a connection
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
twisted-pair cable
Packet
SYN (syncronization)
29. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.
access point
1000base-t
Presentation Layer
horizontal cabling
30. Virture privat network
Frequency
terminator
router
VPN
31. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Internet Relay Chat
signal bounce
Transport
32. What does POP3 stand for?
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
transmit
omnidirectional antenna
Post Office Protocol
33. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
NIC
Bandwidth
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
34. Also called the star-wired bus topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
VLAN
star-bus hybrid topology
intranet
Multimode fiber
35. Fiber Distributed Data Interface
passive scanning
FDDI
Noise
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
36. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
topology
DB-25 connector
virtual circuit
Alien Cross Talk
37. AD
S-HTTP
Active Directory
private network
broadband
38. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots
RFI
site policy awareness
Frequency
TDM
39. Connectivity device - data link layer (2) - reads header info to forward packets according to MAC addresses
social engineering
Application
bridge
slip
40. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
NIC
media
STP
fiber optics
41. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
ISOC
cp connection
honey pot
network interface card (NIC)
42. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
analog signal
carrier sense
RARP
OSI
43. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network
Category 5
Multistation Access Unit
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
FM
44. Accurate alarm events that do not pose significant threat to information security
noise
MAC address
802.2
Physical layer
45. Radio frequency interference
RFI
telephone connector
coaxial cable
Mesh topology
46. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
Independent Computer Architecture
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
RTT
RARP
47. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.
Packet
Bandwidth
encapsulate
flow control
48. Transport Layer
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Error Handling
flow control
multiple access
49. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
noise
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Half Duplex NIC Communication
network class a
50. IPv6 addressing - multicast group
transport layer
baseband
FF02
authentication