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IT: Networking Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ICA






2. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.






3. Physical Layer






4. IP






5. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose






6. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.






7. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.






8. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end






9. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.






10. Narrow core - light travels in one path - longest distance - more expensive then MMF






11. Point or stage in a wave's progress over time






12. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems






13. Begins when a system that initiated the connection transmits a PPP frame.






14. A network that links multiple LAN's in large city or metropolitan region.






15. MDIX






16. Packet a node sends to acknowledge that it received a SYN request for connection; 2nd of three-step connection process






17. A transport system that uses the CSMA/CD access method for data transmission on a network. Typically it is implemented in a bus or star-bus hybrid topology.






18. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application






19. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram






20. The process of reconstructing segmented data






21. AM






22. An established guideline that specifies how networked data is formatted into a packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.






23. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.






24. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch






25. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system






26. IPX & SPX






27. A data-link protocol used for remote networking that can exchange IP addresses - carry data by multiple network layer protocols - and support different app. protocols.






28. Public switched telephone network






29. Connects networks larger than a LAN - but smaller than a WAN






30. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.






31. Hardware that constitutes the enterprise-wide cabling system






32. Is a TCP/IP service that converts a computer or domain name to an IP address or that converts an IP address to a computer or domain name.






33. IPSec






34. Hardware device located at the ISP side of ADSL connections.






35. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection






36. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical






37. Name Of Layer 2






38. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable






39. String used to identify an access point - configure on your new access points to match the settings on existing access points






40. Connector with 9 pins - commonly used in a serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard






41. Application Layer






42. Data Link Layer






43. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet






44. UDP






45. Frame






46. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit






47. The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices connect






48. Error detection and correction






49. Basic error correction and detection






50. Transport Layer