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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Is a file transfer protocol that uses s ecure shell (SSH)
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Device power off
service data unit (SDU)
2. Which protocol is responsible for routing packets around the network?
ARP
802.11b
Internet Protocol
Braiding
3. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
fiber-optic cables
soft skills
Transport
802.3af
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.
Transmission media
encapsulate
ICMP
Microbrowser
5. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds
Round Trip Time
power over ethernet
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
802.5
6. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
ISOC (Internet Society)
transmit
7. IEEE standard for wireless networking
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
802.44
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
AM
8. Pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device
Mesh topology
Connectors
transmit
Single Mode Fiber
9. Amplitude modulation-amplitude of signal is modified
AM
bus topology
VPN
CSMA/CD
10. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility
CD-ROM File System
ACK (acknowledgement)
Main Distribution Frame
fat pipe
11. A type of subnet that is created using bits that normally would be reserved for network class information by moving the subnet boundary to the left.
supernet
Physical Layer
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
crossover cable
12. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
packet
TCP port 23
Multistation Access Unit
Data Link
13. Type of protocol useful when data must be transferred quickly
connectionless
ISOC
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
Quality of Service
14. A medium that carries 1 signal
baseband
802.44
AM
HTTP
15. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
Category 6
POP3
star-wired bus topology
Domain Name
16. LC - ST - SC - or MT RJ
POP (Post Office Protocol)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
radiation pattern
fiber optic connector
17. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
presentation layer
Error Handling
firmware
Host
18. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard
Frequency Modulation
SONET
binary
HTTPS
19. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
Transport layer
LAN
Presentation
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
20. This layer in the OSI network model manages log on procedures and password recognition.
Cladding
Session Layer
Punch-Down Block
ring topology
21. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
Protocol Data Unit
Secure File Transfer Protocol
RFI
22. Small network 192-223
SSID
Demultiplexer
Class C Network
10BASE5 Limit
23. Large diameter. led/light is generated at different angles. high throughput - high noise resistance - excellent security - and long distances
Local Connector
ISOC
MMF
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
24. AH
fractionalizing
Authentication Header
Broadband
tracert
25. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
signal bounce
EAP
Data Link (Layer 2)
Primary Rate Interface
26. Performs name resolution
Host
RAS
Kerberos
Session
27. Type of interference caused by signals traveling on nearby wire pairs infringing on another pair's signal
diffraction
Radio Frequency Interference
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Cross Talk
28. The IEEE standard for broadband wireless metropolitan area networking (also known as WiMax)
802.16
subnetting purpose
false attack stimulus
Amplitude Modulation
29. AD
intrusion detection
Point-to-Point Protocol
Active Directory
Access Control List
30. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
port 69
OSI
padded cell
phishing
31. Used to log on to a UNIX host
socket
ANDing
telnet
radiation pattern
32. Constructs data frames using the appropriate format for the network - reatea CRC information - Checks for errors using CRC information - Retransmits data if there is error - Initiates the communications link and makes sure it is not interrupted - thu
SSL
Secure Copy Protocol
Data Link (Layer 2)
NNTP
33. A service provided with Windows 98 - Me - 2000 - and 32-bit versions of XP operating systems that allows one computer - the ICS host - to share its Internet connection with other computers on the same network.
CSMACD
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
leased line
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
34. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
Data Link
Data Link
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
IANA
35. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer
fault tolerance
Broadcast
802.3
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
36. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
packet
ppp
FHSS
active scanning
37. HDLC
ITU
alarm clustering and compaction
Correct default gateway
High-Level Data Link Control
38. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
full duplex
Binary
f type connector
mesh topology
39. A specialized device that allows multiple networks or segments to connect and exchange data
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
connectivity device
carrier sense
socket
40. Layer 5 through 7 Troubleshooting
Electrical Signaling
2.4-GHz band
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
Single mode fiber
41. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network
802.5
Application layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
asymmetrical transmission
42. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
footprinting
communications services
link quality monitoring
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
43. A series of interconnected computers - printing devices - and other computer equipment that shares hardware and software resources. The service area usually is limited to a given office area - floor - or building.
Local area network (LAN)
Hyper text transfer protocol
digital
Physical
44. Reflection in multiple different directions of a signal
terminator
scattering
backbone
alien cross talk
45. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
lpr filename
node
Subscriber connector
SONET
46. Enables the establishment of a Web connection - but it also provides for the exchange of resources - for example - displaying AOL's Web page in your brower.
Synchronous Optical Network
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
ESS
Correct subnet mask
47. The most commonly used form of Post office protocol.
TIA
multiplexing
IP Address
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
48. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
Improperly configured switch
cable plant
standard connector
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
49. A unit of data transmitted on a network that contains control and address information corresponding to the OSI Data Link layer - or Layer 2.
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
fragmentation
frame
AUI
50. IPX
MAC sublayer
NetWare Directory Services
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Phase