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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Faster wireless standard 20-25
802.11g
SMF
node
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
2. Most common cabling used in networking. Usually connects nodes to the main network.
Frame
ethernet
MAC address
Electromagnetic Interference
3. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
lpr filename
connectionless
Electromagnetic Interference
crossover cable
4. IEEE standard for wireless networking
802.44
Protocol
Structure
Networking Model
5. A type of fiber optic connector. These connectors are square shaped and have release mechanisms to prevent the cable from accidentally being unplugged
coaxial cable
Subscriber connector
pathping
Application
6. Which protocol provides the user with many functions of the world wide web?
connection
Hyper text transfer protocol
attenuation
Error Handling
7. NAT
false negative
::1
network address
Network Address Translation
8. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit
service data unit (SDU)
Data Link
Secure Shell (SSH)
Bandwidth
9. Most resistant to EMI
Firewall configured correctly
fiber optic cable
segment
Internet Control Message Protocol
10. A form of fiber-optic cable that supports only one signal transmission at a time and that is used mainly for long- distance communication.
fractionalizing
twisted-pair cable
asynchronous comunications
single-mode fiber-optic cable
11. Is a secure form of HTTP
HTTP
HTTPS
PSTN
Bit
12. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In
analog signal
port 123
fiber optics
Segment
13. Works closely with IP in providing error and control information - by allowing hosts to exchange packet status information to help move the packets along the internetwork
Internet
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
14. Asynchronous digital subscriber line. Method of providing internet service that uses the standard phone line - but transmits data at a different frequency than voice. Faster than ISDN.
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
ANSI
ADSL
BSS
15. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
802.11
multimeter
802.16
Network Layer (Layer 3)
16. Determines standards for the electronics industry and other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
star topology
media access control (MAC)
ANSI
twisted-pair cable
17. Helps you identify percentage of traffic that compromises broadcasts
power budget
network monitor
Transmission media
routing
18. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
Presentation Layer
Network
SONET
Wide area network (WAN
19. Used by web browser and web servers to exchange files
Backbone
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Domain Name Service
segment
20. Data Link Layer
OSI Layer 2
SONET
Data Terminal Equipment
physical address
21. Telnet
OSI Layer 6
Port 23
throughput
Independent Computer Architecture
22. (local area network) network of computers and others that is confined to a relatively small space
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
encapsulate
Local area network (LAN)
LAN
23. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Cladding
Correct default gateway
Frequency Division Multiplexing
passive scanning
24. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC
logical address
star-ring hybrid topology
link dead phase
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
25. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
TCP/IP protocol failure
Entrance Facilities
26. 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.
Encapsulation
checksum
fiber-optic cables
IP address within the assigned network
27. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
latency
BSS
Repeaters
802.3
28. Standards organizations representing 157 countries headquartered in Geneva. Goal is to establish international standards to facilitate global exchange of information and barrier-free trade
AUI
ring topology
MAC address
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
29. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
Zero Configuration
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
File Transfer Protocol
topology
30. Establishes maintains and terminates connections
radiation pattern
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
MAN
Session
31. A TCP/IP utility that at its simplest returns either to IP address of a host if its host name is specified or its host name if its IP address is specified
Multimode fiber
host
EIA
the higher the frequency
32. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
Plenum
socket
media
Virtual private network (VPN)
33. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
Session
Open Shortest Path First
MAU
Application Layer
34. CSU
packet
Topology
Channel Service Unit
802.3af
35. Techniques that employ hardware and software to province assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data losses
star topology
fault tolerance
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
coaxial cable
36. Minimum cabling standard for PoE
WAN Connectivity
cat 5
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
topology
37. Running system for a while to track types of false positives it generates and then adjusting IDPS alarm classifications
Remote Access Service
alarm filtering
AUI
Subscriber connector
38. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress
Optical Loss
protocol stack verification
false attack stimulus
Bend Radius
39. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m
Ethernet
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
DTE
Firewall Filtering
40. RJ 45
Transport
analog
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
twisted pair connector
41. Ethernet LAN-all forms of Ethernet media and interface
802.11n
802.3
bandwidth
Frequency
42. (fix) if analog shield twisted pairs or if digital with a repeater
fixing noise
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
router
43. OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
Virtual private network (VPN)
Kroner
beacon frame
44. Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers
IGMP
ICAN
kereberos
FCS (frame check sequence)
45. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Virtual private network (VPN)
NIC (Network Interface Card)
46. 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)
Class D Network
Structure
switch
47. Layer 7
MAN
modem
Application
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
48. Routers work here
Extended Network Prefix
Segment
encapsulate
Network
49. The distinct units of data that are exchanged between nodes on a network
site policy awareness
data packets
Populated Segment
fixing cross talk
50. 12-character string that uniquely identifies a network node - hard coded into the NIC by the manufacturer; composed ot the block ID and device ID
Adjacent Layer Interaction
MAC address
Application Layer
routing