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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Translates data to a format the receiving node understands - such as from EBCDIC to ASCII - Performs data encryption - Performs data compression
Organizational Unit
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Open Shortest Path First
local area network (LAN)
2. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
true attack stimulus
Domain Name System (DNS)
Backup Domain Controller
3. A medium that carries 1 signal
baseband
checksum
LAN
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
4. 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.
802.11n
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
encapsulate
baseband
5. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations
10BASE2 Limit
DTE
A Protocol
Populated Segment
6. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
ISDN
standard connector
Network
10 Gigabit Ethernet
7. Device that enables networks or segments using different media to interconnect and exchange signals
Twister Pair Cable
Media Converter
Zero Configuration
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
8. Restructuring data units that have been segmented
physical layer
10Gbase-t
fiber optic connector
reassembly
9. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
sequencing
OSI
Application
10. Radio frequency interference
Address Resolution Protocol
goodput
Domain Name System (DNS)
RFI
11. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
Networking Model
1000base-lx
encapsulate
Apple File Protocol
12. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal
Amplitude Modulation
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
802.11n
Session
13. Public switched telephone network
network access method
digital adv
PSTN
ARP
14. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
media access control (MAC)
ICS host
station
Shielded Twised Pair
15. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
segment
utp
token
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
16. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.
RFI
Simple Network Management Protocol
Data Terminal Equipment
udp
17. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
Multistation Access Unit
BNC connector
Hyper text transfer protocol
fiber optic connector
18. Strategy in which all IDPS control functions are implemented and managed in a central location
centralized control strategy
Adjacent Layer Interaction
broadband
Secure File Transfer Protocol
19. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
FM
CD-ROM File System
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
network address
20. Process of grouping almost identical alarms occurring at almost same time into single higher-level alarm
ARP
amplitude
alarm clustering and compaction
Cladding
21. A network topology in which all of the nodes are connected to a central line or bus
Internet Protocol Security
bus topology
driver signing
Application Layer
22. Which layer in the OSI is responsible for routing and controling the flow of packets around the network?
application protocol verification
Network Layer
IEEE
Cladding
23. MMF
2.4-GHz band
MultiMode Fiber
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
24. IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Presentation
255.255.255.252
LAN
25. Computers connected together within a limited geographical area
LAN
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
Block ID
26. Network Layer
simplex
session layer
Routing
15 hops
27. What does POP3 stand for?
terminator
Post Office Protocol
Network Time Protocol
firmware
28. Firewall packet inspection that ignores the state of the connection between the internal computer and the external computer - only blocks or allows a packet based on header information.
Workstation
ISDN
stateless firewall
padded cell
29. Ethernet NICs listen on network and wait until they detect no other nodes transmitting data
public network
carrier sense
transmission media
PDU (protocol data unit)
30. Faster wireless standard 20-25
802.11g
802.11a
alert or alarm
header
31. The utility that allows you to query ICANN's DNS registration database and find information about a domain.
whois
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
standby UPS
32. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet
Internet Information Services
Point-to-Point
carrier sense
baseband
33. Hardware address of the network interface card
ICAN
tunneling
MAC
connectionless
34. Frequency Division Multiple Access
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
FDMA
incremental backup
35. Two twisted wire pairs. It's the oldes type and is only voice grade - it isn't rated for data communication.
communications services
bridge
Category 1
OSI Layer 3
36. Defines the physical characteristics of the network
Physical
Internet Key Exchange
fiber optic connector
Device power off
37. An 8-bit character-coding method consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers - plus 32 nonprinting characters.
Network Information Service
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
DTE
38. Central component of a cable designed to carry a signal
IGMP
routing
false negative
Core
39. Protocol data unit
bandwidth
reassembly
vampire tap
PDU
40. Signal interference caused by magnetic force field generated by electrical devices such as motors.
Single mode fiber
MAC address
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
802.2
41. Tools in order to connect a new RJ45
crimping tool and wore stripper
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
API (application program interface)
omnidirectional antenna
42. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...
MultiMode Fiber
baseband
Application
physical media
43. A specialized UN agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment
Transport
PDU
ITU
digital adv
44. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
Shielded Twised Pair
2.4-GHz band
device address
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
45. MX
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ICS host
tracepath
Mail Exchanger
46. Developed by ISO and ANSI - a model that providees a framework for networked hardware and software communication based on seven layers.
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
File Transfer Protocol
SYN (syncronization)
47. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
star-wired ring topology
ANSI
Amplifier
half duplex
48. A technique for connecting to a network at a remote location using Internet as the medium.
service data unit (SDU)
flow control
Transmission media
VPN
49. Layer 4
Internet Protocol Security
firewall
Transport
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
50. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
IP address within the assigned network
ANSI
the more twist
tunneling