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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The physical layout of a computer network
public network
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
SONET
topology
2. Address resolution protocol
ARP
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Telnet
router
3. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
where NICs operate
PDU
service data unit (SDU)
4. Hardware address of the network interface card
Media Converter
Same Layer Interaction
Session
MAC
5. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible
intrusion reaction
OSI Layer 4
Node
analog dis
6. Process in which an NIDPS look for invalid data packets - packets that are malformed under the rules of the TCP/IP protocol
port 22
Block ID
protocol stack verification
ADSL
7. Device with little - if any - of it's own processing or disk capacity; depends on a host to supply it with applications and data-processing services
terminal
leased line
WAN
MAC address
8. 192-223
802.11g
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
network class C
host
9. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
Internet
1000base-lx
bandwidth
inline sensor
10. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
device ID
slip
tuning
link establishment phase
11. SSH
router
fiber optics
WAN Connectivity
Secure Shell
12. Uses frame headers
ethernet
access services
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subnetmask
13. 185 meters - 10Mbps
terminator
WAN
Populated Segment
10BASE2 Limit
14. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Channel Service Unit
Backup Domain Controller
perimeter
Crossover Cable
15. LPD
Line Printer Daemon
crossover cable
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
16. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
Transport
Peer-to-peer network
route
cat 5
17. AMI
SSL
microwave
RTT
Alternate Mark Inversion
18. Generates signals as changes in voltage at the NIC
ARP
physical layer
token ring
NAT (Network Address Translation)
19. NTP
ITU
Network Time Protocol
frequency
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
20. Standards organizations representing 157 countries headquartered in Geneva. Goal is to establish international standards to facilitate global exchange of information and barrier-free trade
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ppp
leased line
VPN
21. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication
hot site
PAT (Port Address Translation)
Network Layer
point to multipoint
22. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections
Firewall configured correctly
Ethernet (characteristics)
EAPoL
MPLS
23. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
802.16
ISO
port 80
OSI Layer 3
24. Device that separates multiplexed signals once they are received and regenerates them in their original form
Physical
DB-9 connector
Electrical Signaling
Demultiplexer
25. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
TDMA
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
26. SLIP
Faulty network cable
IEEE
Application Layer
Serial Line Internet Protocol
27. The 100BaseVG/100VG-AnyLAN approach abandon the CSMA/CD transmission technique for one called demand priorTity.
coaxial cable
fragmentation
ARP
IEEE 802.12 Standard
28. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.
Server
device ID
Firewall Filtering
Half Duplex NIC Communication
29. CSMA / CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
token ring
client
WAN
30. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
Internet
power over ethernet
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
protocol data unit (PDU)
31. Manages end-to-end delivery of data
passive scanning
transport layer
Latency
Session
32. A network design in which every node is connected to every other node - achieving fault tolerance.
Mesh topology
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Authentication Header
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
33. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line
Application
port 22
connectionless
analog signal
34. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
packet
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
FM
EMI
35. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
broadband
LC connector
omnidirectional antenna
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
36. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
Service Set Identifier
ATU-R
device ID
honey net
37. A logical grouping of information that includes the network layer header and encapsulated data - but specifically does not include any headers and trailers below the network layer.
5-4-3 rule
Packet
DNAT
MultiStation Access Unit
38. The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices connect
Internet
whois
backbone
router
39. Form of transmission in which digital signals are sent through direct current pulses applied to a wire; can only send one signal at a time
soft skills
Baseband
firewall
1550bytes
40. Data changed since the previous fill or incremental backup
Crosstalk
fiber optic cable
incremental backup
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
41. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
Authentication Header
tunneling
Segments
42. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal
Conduit
honey net
FDDI
Internet
43. HTTP - SMTP - POP3 - VoIP
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
TDM
Gigabit Ethernet
44. (local area network) network of computers and others that is confined to a relatively small space
Secure Copy
LAN
Frequency
Latency
45. Fiber optic - enables one fiber optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously
2.4-GHz band
WDM
ARP
overhead
46. NIS
Frame
Network Information Service
lpr filename
Overhead
47. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.
AM
standard
Category 3
dig (domain information groper)
48. Simple Network Management Protocol
socket
OSI
SNMP
reassembly
49. A form of address translation that uses Tcp port numbers to distinguish each client's transmission - thus allowing multiple clients to share a limited number of Internet-recognized IP addresses.
network monitor
message and circuit
ACK (acknowledgement)
PAT (Port Address Translation)
50. Pointing in a direction
802.2
connectivity device
directional antennas
Synchronous Optical Network