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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Carrier sense multiple access w collision detection (network access method) ethernet
ISO
CSMA/CD
MMF
VLAN
2. A medium that carries 1 signal
baseband
Authentication Header
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
NIC drivers
3. HTTP/web/internet - change this port to make it more difficult for someone to connect to your web server
MAU
S-HTTP
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
port 80
4. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
full duplex
TCP/IP protocol failure
back door
WDM
5. IDPS that reviews log files from servers - network devices - and other IDPSs for signatures indicating an attack or intrusion
intrusion detection
honey net
Access Control List
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
6. A command-line utility that combines the functionality of the tracert and ping commands (similar to UNIX's mtr command) and comes with Windows XP - Vista - and Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
pathping
demilitarized zone
Star topology
7. The physical layout of cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames or packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions.
Frequency Modulation
digital signal
binary
Topology
8. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
route
S-HTTP
9. 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.
medium
local area network (LAN)
demilitarized zone
packet
10. Used by web browser and web servers to exchange files
authentication
SONET
bandwidth
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
11. Nondata info that must accompany data for it to be properly routed. addition to data
Device power off
overhead
network interface card (NIC)
protocol
12. Hub/repeaters
Media Dependent Interface
confidence value
physical layer device
netstat
13. The action of luring an individual into committing a crime.
pathping
SLIP
local area network (LAN)
entrapment
14. A network that links multiple LANs in a large city or metropolitan region.
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
10Base-T
ARP
udp
15. GPO
protocol
1000base-lx
Fault tolerance
Group Policy Object
16. Long reach. multimode max length is 550 meters. single mode max length is 5000. 1000 mpbs. baseband transmission
Common Internet File System
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
Transmission media
1000base-lx
17. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP
kereberos
Transport
connectivity device
18. Tools in order to connect a new RJ45
scattering
CSMA/CA
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
crimping tool and wore stripper
19. International telecommunication Union
Optical Loss
ITU
TCP/IP
intrusion detection system (IDS)
20. Layer 4
SNMP
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
star topology
Transport
21. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
soft skills
10base-t
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
peer-to-peer network
22. BootP
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
802.2
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
23. IMAP - internet message access protocol
port 80
Organizational Unit
nbtstat
port 143
24. Media Access Unit (transmitter/ receiver)
Connectors
physical layer device
DSSS
MAU
25. 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
LC connector
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
client
26. A combination of LAN's - MAN's - or WAN's that provides computer users with an array of computer and network resources to complete different tasks.
slip
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
HTTPS
enterprise network
27. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
addressing
Cross Talk
Local Connector
lpr filename
28. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet
802.11b
radio frequency interference (RFI)
baseband
MAC address
29. Event that triggers alarms and causes an IDPS to react as if a real attack is in progress
true attack stimulus
Application
Incorrect device drivers
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
30. Internet Engineering Task Force
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
IETE
AM
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
31. Developed by ISO and ANSI - a model that providees a framework for networked hardware and software communication based on seven layers.
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
MAC sublayer
32. Which protocol allows users to recieve emails?
POP3
Core
Extended Network Prefix
binary
33. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
communications media
Network Switching
terminal
Open Shortest Path First
34. It enables the sending node to obtain the MAC address of the intended recipient before packets are sent.
enterprise network
Post Office Protocol version 3
communications services
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
35. Generates signals as changes in voltage at the NIC
physical layer
intrusion prevention
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
SNMP
36. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
back hack
authentication
Virtual private network (VPN)
presentation layer
37. Physical layer standard for serial communications
RS-232
Class A
Correct default gateway
DCE
38. Translates data to a format the receiving node understands - such as from EBCDIC to ASCII - Performs data encryption - Performs data compression
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
Transport layer
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
39. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
broadband
1550bytes
multimeter
40. Allows clients to communicate in different floors
Radio Waves
LAN
switch
BNC connector
41. ICA
Independent Computer Architecture
Frame
binary
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
42. Consists of activities that deter intrusion
WAN
intrusion prevention
star topology
Data Terminal Equipment
43. Establishes maintains and terminates connections
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Session
Zero Configuration
Network
44. Secure CoPy-utility that allows you to copy files securely from host to another
switch
physical layer device
power budget
SCP
45. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
POP3
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
46. Decreasing the size of data units when moving data from a network that can handle larger units to one that can handle only smaller units
segmentation
Device power unplugged
twisted-pair cable
Hyper text transfer protocol
47. Unshielded twisted pair
IETE
utp
ISOC
Kerberos
48. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
DSSS
IEEE
Extended Network Prefix
BNC connector
49. A systematic survey of all of the target organization's Internet addresses that is conducted to identify network services offered by hosts in that range
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
fingerprinting
ATM
LAN
50. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.
star-ring hybrid topology
multiple access
RS 232
internetwork