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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Application Layer
Latency
RS 232
Telnet
Half-Duplex
2. Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers
Bus topology
ICAN
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
3. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients
Application
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
multipath
coaxial cable
4. Transport Layer
802.11n
HTTPS
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Segments
5. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
geosynchronous
Faulty network cable
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
Secure File Transfer Protocol
6. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
Transport
VPN
Internet
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
7. Network-max segment length-100 meters
10BASE2 Limit
Presentation
broadcast storm
10Base-T
8. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
node
encapsulate
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
backbone
9. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
TCP/IP
Class D Network
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
10. Device used to regenerate a signal
Repeater
twisted-pair cable
backbone
PAP
11. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?
Static IP Addressing
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
voltage
Physical
12. Hard-to-define skills such as dependability
EIA
Network Layer
soft skills
fiber optic cable
13. Compatible with 802.11a - b - g 600-65 throughput
RTT
Canonical Name
dedicated lines
802.11n
14. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE
Overhead
PPP
socket
15. Change in signal strength as a result of reflection - scattering - or diffraction
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
FF02
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
fading
16. The process of determining the best path from Point A on one network to Point B on another
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
cabeloco
routing
encapsulate
17. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
Internet Protocol
f type connector
mtr (my traceroute)
Latency
18. 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
routing
ANSI
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Transport layer
19. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
site policy
intrusion detection
ssl
router
20. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.
OSI
asynchronous comunications
padded cell
Subnetmask
21. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
IPSec
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
802.11b
1000base-t
22. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
A Protocol
Gigabit Interface Converter
Alternate Mark Inversion
SMTP
23. ICS
SSID
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
Internet Connection Sharing
full duplex
24. Device similar to a burglar alarm in that it detects a violation and activates an alarm.
intrusion detection system (IDS)
MMF
connectionless
intranet
25. End-user device - such as a workstation - terminal - or console
Data Terminal Equipment
flow control
LDAP
Packet
26. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
FHSS
Session
Line Printer Daemon
10BASE2 Limit
27. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
RealVNC
TFTP
Domain Controller
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
28. Regular voice-grade telephone service.
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
plain old telephone service (POTS)
LDAP
Shielded Twised Pair
29. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 250 MHz.
Category 6
network class B
Synchronous Optical Network
OSI Layer 4
30. The <html> - <head> and <body> tags are all examples of ________ tags
SMTP server name
Structure
network access method
fiber optic cable
31. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
single-mode fiber-optic cable
footprinting
connectivity device
SMTP
32. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.
Connectors
255.255.0.0
DSL
Demultiplexer
33. Measure of strength
analog adv
amplitude
OSI Reference to TCP
port 80
34. An authentication protocol that uses public key technology to provide users with secured access to network resources.
Radio Frequency Interference
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Kerberos
false attack stimulus
35. VPN
fault tolerance
site policy
Virtual Private Network
scattering
36. LC
OSI
Category 6
Local Connector
beacon frame
37. IEEE standard for wireless networking
802.44
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Management Information Base
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
38. Session Layer
simplex
Multiplexer
plain old telephone service (POTS)
OSI Layer 5
39. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
centralized control strategy
OSI model
geosynchronous
SIP
40. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
service data unit (SDU)
Device power off
cat 5
Attenuation
41. The IEEE standard for token ring networking devices and data handling.
Core
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
1000base-sx
802.5
42. Satellite used for broadband internet access
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
PDU (protocol data unit)
multiple access
geosynchronous
43. Physical Layer
intrusion reaction
Class B Network
ssl
Radio Waves
44. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
Localhost
802.11n
Analog
DCE
45. 185 meters - 10Mbps
WAN
Internet Key Exchange
TDMA
10BASE2 Limit
46. 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.
Application Layer
10 Gigabit Ethernet
segmentation
dig (domain information groper)
47. Shielded twisted pair
social engineering
Frequency Modulation
stp
NTP
48. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Bit-Error Rate Test
Entrance Facilities
stateful firewall
49. On a computer that receives data over a network - the process in which the device interprets the lower-layer headers and - when finished with each header - removes the header - revealing the next-higher-layer PDU.
Protocol Data Unit
network monitor
FDMA
Decapsulation
50. Name Of Layer 6
Presentation
OSI
SSID
Authentication Header