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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
route
TDMA
addressing
signal bounce
2. GBIC
WAN
Gigabit Interface Converter
Intermediate Distribution Frame
802.11
3. The most commonly used form of Internet Message Access Protocol.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
cable plant
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
PSTN
4. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
GBIC
SMTP
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
Internet
5. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
POP3
LDAP
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
6. Public switched telephone network
Class C Network
PSTN
token ring
horizontal cabling
7. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
FCS (frame check sequence)
POP3
TDM
half duplex
8. IEEE standard for wireless networking
802.44
mesh topology
EAPoL
SYN (syncronization)
9. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
Class D Network
where NICs operate
switch
Gigabit Ethernet
10. Data Link Layer
DHCP
OSI Layer 2
Network File System
fiber optics
11. Used on many UNIX/LINUX systems to provide authentication security for TCP/IP applications such as Telnet and FTP
EAP
Data Link
Secure Shell (SSH)
service data unit (SDU)
12. Signals travel both directions simultaneously
ssl
Common Internet File System
duplex
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
13. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical
Baseband
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
active scanning
FCS (frame check sequence)
14. Using part of a leased line
1550bytes
fractionalizing
signal
coaxial cable
15. SSH - secure shell
digital dis
port 22
Remote Access Service
ADSL
16. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access
cabeloco
back hack
demilitarized zone
Single mode fiber
17. A situation in which two or more packets are detected at the same time on an Ethernet network.
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
terminator
Active Directory
collision
18. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
frame
5-4-3 rule
POP (Post Office Protocol)
802.3
19. Best fault tolerance
ATU-R
802.5
full mesh
Gigabit Ethernet
20. An international body that establishes communications and networking standards - and that is particularly known for its contributions to network protocol standards.
Data Link
enterprise network
frequency
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
21. 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.
protocol data unit (PDU)
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
RARP
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
22. Unshielded twisted pair
ISO
bus topology
utp
Physical
23. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
802.16
DCE
Local Connector
Category 3
24. Example of an internetwork
POP3
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Internet
twisted-pair cable
25. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued
EAP
Active Directory
Serial
Internet Key Exchange
26. Internet assigned numbers authority
router
IANA
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
phishing
27. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
Canonical Name
Universal serial bus
802.11
Hyper text transfer protocol
28. The act of hacking into a hacker's system to find out as much as possible about the hacker
Independent Computer Architecture
back hack
OSI
standard connector
29. Internet group management protocol
IGMP
SMF
ISOC
public network
30. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network
port 25
fault tolerance
modifying the file-sharing controls
DNS
31. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
driver
Cross Talk
connectionless
IGMP
32. Which layer is responsible for putting data into frames as well as providing error checking data?
port 110
Bandwidth
Data Link Layer
IEEE 802.12 Standard
33. 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
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
ring topology
wavelength
34. 192-223
RFI
CSMA/CD
network class C
netstat
35. The oldest type of network design with - this topology consist fo multiple nodes attached to a central hub - switch - or router.
star topology
udp
demand priority
honey pot
36. A type of interference that occurs when two LAN cables run close to each other. If one cable is carrying a signal and the other isn't - the one carrying a signal will induce a 'ghost' signal in the other cable
port 25
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
NTP
Crosstalk
37. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible
multiprotocol label switching
EMI
analog dis
Unshielded twisted pair
38. 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.
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
baseband
Localhost
Domain Name System (DNS)
39. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
Computer network
wavelength
twisted pair connector
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
40. A system of computers - printer devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
computer network
collision detection
soft skills
41. CRAM-MD5
narrowband
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
1000base-t
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
42. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
Localhost
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
Physical
DSSS
43. Multiple signals travel simultaneously - medium is separated into multiple channels
session layer
multiplexing
PAP
RARP
44. Network Access Layer
Hyper text transfer protocol
PING
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
45. A computer that accesses another computer - such as a workstation that accesses a shared file on another workstation - server - or mainframe. The client may use the accessed computer (host) to process data - or may process accessed data using its own
Secure Copy
star-bus hybrid topology
Physical layer
Client
46. Is a protocol designed for managing complex networks
WDM
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
DNAT
carrier sense
47. Signal interference caused by electrical devices that emit radio waves at the same frequency used by network signal transmissions.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Attenuation
Overhead
radio frequency interference (RFI)
48. AD
node
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
twisted pair connector
Active Directory
49. Transforms data into a form network or applications will understand
Network
protocol
FDMA
Presentation
50. This layer in the OSI network model manages log on procedures and password recognition.
ICAN
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
Session Layer
CSMA/CD