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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. IDPS that reviews log files from servers - network devices - and other IDPSs for signatures indicating an attack or intrusion
FCS (frame check sequence)
ANDing
802.3
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
2. Extended service set: a group of access points
port 22
ESS
ports
Encrypting File System
3. User datagram protocol
UDP
Modulation
Near End Cross Talk
Address Resolution Protocol
4. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
media access control (MAC)
CIDR block
66 Block
5. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Multistation Access Unit
Incorrect cable type
beaconing
6. International Organization for Standardization
honey net
DCE
monitoring port (SPAN port)
ISO
7. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies
Serial Line Internet Protocol
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
tracepath
narrowband
8. MMF
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
MultiMode Fiber
5-4-3 rule
Network
9. Equivalent to OSI Layer 7 Application - Layer 6 Presentation - Layer 5 Session
extranet
connectivity device
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
network layer
10. CRAM-MD5
GBIC
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
device ID
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
11. Encrypts
fixing cross talk
Modem
frequency
Presentation
12. Address resolution protocol
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
baseband
Line Printer Daemon
ARP
13. SFTP
fixing noise
Data Link
SMTP server name
Secure File Transfer Protocol
14. What does POP3 stand for?
Cable Plant
802.3af
Post Office Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
15. Package for data that includes not only the data - or 'payload -' but also the sender's and recipient's addressing and control information. Generated at the Data Link layer and issued to the Physical layer
frame
IEEE 802.12 Standard
802.3af
NetBIOs
16. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a node.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
Demultiplexer
station
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
17. Network news transfer protocol
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
NNTP
Classful Addressing
66 Block
18. Term that describes current anti-intrusion technologies
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
single-mode fiber-optic cable
Session layer
Management Information Base
19. Why are web pages viewed using HTTP?
802.16
802.11g
OSI Layer 6
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
20. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
port 53
bandwidth
User Datagram Protocol
segment
21. International society composed of engineering professionals - promotes development and education in the electrical engineering and computer fields
10BASE2 Limit
voltage
spread-spectrum
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
22. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
bandwidth
mtr (my traceroute)
hub
NIC (Network Interface Card)
23. Telephone jacks
Application Layer
Quality of Service
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
rj-11
24. Data Link Layer
LLC
ports
NIC (Network Interface Card)
noise
25. 128-191
Primary Rate Interface
network class B
point to multipoint
Bits
26. The process of wrapping one layer's PDU with protocol information so that it can be interpreted by a lower layer. For example - Data Link layer protocols encapsulate Network layer packets in frames.
fading
Class C Network
encapsulate
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
27. Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
analog signal
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Media Converter
28. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
binary
Apple File Protocol
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
ssl
29. American national standards institute
ANSI
ISO
the higher the frequency
Same Layer Interaction
30. L2F
Layer 2 Forwarding
protocol
Microbrowser
star-ring hybrid topology
31. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
POP3
internetwork
Telnet
HTTP
32. What is an agreed set of rules that two parties agree on in order to communicate with each other commanly known as?
WAN
A Protocol
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Fast Ethernet
33. Hardware device located at the ISP side of ADSL connections.
carrier sense
DSLAM
public network
DCE
34. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission
lpr filename
Post Office Protocol version 3
Apple File Protocol
serial
35. A protocol that runs in the Dession and Transport layers of the OSI model and associates NetBIOS names with workstations. NetBIOS alone is not routable because it does not contain Network Layer information. However - when encapsulated in another prot
DNAT
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
NetBIOs
EMI
36. BERT
goodput
Common Internet File System
Bit-Error Rate Test
bus topology
37. Provides services for applications
modem
Application
false negative
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
38. Individual insulated wire pairs - less expensive then STP - less resistant to noise
Berkeley Software Distribution
Terminator
broadband
UTP
39. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Repeater
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
802.3
40. Bus topology: A network design built by running cable from one PC or file server to the next - like links in a chain.
protocol
Bus topology
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
IETE
41. Multiple signals travel simultaneously - medium is separated into multiple channels
twisted-pair cable
multiplexing
Virtual Private Network
66 Block
42. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
Gigabit Interface Converter
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
star topology
43. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
port 110
Transport
lpr filename
LC connector
44. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
port 53
fiber optic cable
fading
45. GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
Topology
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
SSL
46. 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
Ethernet
ISOC (Internet Society)
Internet
switch
47. NFS
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
encapsulate
Network File System
Line Printer Remote
48. The gateway that first interprets a device's outbound requests - and then interprets its inbound requests to and from other subnets.
Star topology
Class B Network
PSTN
Default Gateway
49. Physical Layer
Presentation
true attack stimulus
OSI Layer 5
Repeaters
50. Unit of data at any layer of the OSI model
Media Converter
15 hops
Data Link
PDU (protocol data unit)