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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
fault tolerance
Application Layer
IGMP
protocol
2. Wall-mounted panel of data receptors into which cross-connect patch cables from the punch-down block are inserted
Patch Panel
ANDing
TCP/UDP
power over ethernet
3. A fiber-optic data transport method capable of a 100-Mbps transfer rate using a dual ring topology; largely supplanted today by faster Ethernet method.
alien cross talk
digital
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
EAP
4. FDDI
white/orange and orange
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Device power off
5. Change in signal strength as a result of reflection - scattering - or diffraction
Physical
fading
latency
Server
6. ICS
Internet Connection Sharing
presentation layer
port 25
Kroner
7. Wide area network
OSI Layer 1
Client Software
star-bus hybrid topology
WAN
8. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
back hack
padded cell
Faulty network cable
application protocol verification
9. A standard method or format for communication between networked devices
protocol
goodput
66 Block
::1
10. The cabling or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them. - Means by which a communications signal is carried from one system to another (for example - twisted-pair wire
Transmission media
topology
passive scanning
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
11. Strength of digital signal
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Physical
LAN
voltage
12. All wires are reversed
reflection
RS 232
backbone
rollover cable
13. Uses light to communicate a signal; the light is dispersed on numerous paths as it travels through the core and is reflected back. Provides high bandwidth at high speeds over medium distances up to about 3000 feet
full duplex
white/orange and orange
public network
Multimode fiber
14. Consists of procedures and systems that identify system intrusions
intrusion detection
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
segment
Internet Protocol Security
15. The process of validating a user.
ISOC
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
authentication
16. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
management services
802.11n
Data Link
terminal
17. A boundary between two zones of trust
Internet Key Exchange
perimeter
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
public network
18. A logical grouping of information that includes the network layer header and encapsulated data - but specifically does not include any headers and trailers below the network layer.
fixing cross talk
Channel
topology
Packet
19. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
SSL
client/server
255.255.0.0
Incorrect cable type
20. Maximum arc into which you can loop a cable before you will cause data transmission errors
Bits
Bend Radius
crossover cable
Data Link
21. On a computer that receives data over a network - the process in which the device interprets the lower-layer headers and - when finished with each header - removes the header - revealing the next-higher-layer PDU.
Crossover Cable
Decapsulation
IEEE 802.12 Standard
Network Time Protocol
22. The actual data - any communication that encodes a message
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
signal
supernet
23. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
Presentation
virture privat network (VPN)
RADIUS
Segment
24. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
connectionless
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
broadband
25. A term used to refer to data within the Data-link layer of the OSI model.
switch
frame
authentication
Hubs
26. Performs name resolution
firewall
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
Session
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
27. The transmission capacity of a communications medium - which is typically measured in bits per second (for data transmissions) or hertz (for data - voice - and video transmissions) - and which is determined by the maximum minus the minimum transmissi
Serial
bandwidth
Network interface card (NIC)
WINS
28. Tools in order to connect a new RJ45
segment
Class E Network
alarm clustering and compaction
crimping tool and wore stripper
29. The communication between two networking devices for the purposes of the functions defined at a particular layer of a networking model - with the communication happening by using a header defined by that layer of the model. The two devices set values
Same Layer Interaction
802.11n
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
WDM
30. Data terminal equipment - little independent data processing capability. ex. workstation
DTE
Alternate Mark Inversion
entrapment
bus topology
31. BERT
reassembly
back hack
Bit-Error Rate Test
Digital
32. POE standard
10 Gigabit Ethernet
alert or alarm
802.3af
Application Layer
33. IPSec
digital signal
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
amplitude
34. Ethernet communications at speeds up to 100 Mbps as defined under the IEEE 802.3u standard.
tuning
Fast Ethernet
Category 5
topology
35. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
Data Link (Layer 2)
Segment
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
DB-25 connector
36. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.
S-HTTP
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
medium
client
37. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
multimeter
Session
leased line
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
38. Local area network
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
LAN
Canonical Name
server
39. An error detection method that calculates a value for the total size of the information fields contained in a frame. The value is inserted near the end of a frame by the Data Link layer on the sending node - and checked by the Data Link layer on the
driver signing
CSMACD
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
40. Device that separates multiplexed signals once they are received and regenerates them in their original form
Binary
Demultiplexer
fiber optics
Full-Duplex
41. Faster wireless standard 20-25
DB-25 connector
connectivity device
802.11g
fragmentation
42. OU
Shielded Twised Pair
Amplifier
Organizational Unit
Amplitude
43. Network-max segment length-100 meters
RARP
Adjacent Layer Interaction
10Base-T
Port 23
44. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Workstation
Physical
authentication
45. Is a method for automatically assigning address and other configuration parameters to network hosts.
VPN
HTTPS
Shielded Twised Pair
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
46. Describes the relative strength over a three dimensional area of an antenna
crossover cable
protocol
vampire tap
radiation pattern
47. Device that boosts - or strengthens - and analog signal
OSI Layer 1
Amplifier
sequencing
Half Duplex NIC Communication
48. Speed: 10 Mbps - Alternative Name: 10BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3 - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100 meters
Ethernet (characteristics)
Data Link (Layer 2)
ports
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
49. Transforms data into a form network or applications will understand
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
topology
Presentation
butt set
50. 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 stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end
Terminator
crimping tool and wore stripper
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
Near End Cross Talk