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CCNA Network Fundamentals Vocab
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1. Normally - a relatively general term that refers to dfifferent kinds of networking devices. Historically - when routers were created - they were called gateways
gateway
physical network
Pad
router
2. A network of computers that behave as if they are connected to the same network segment - even through they might be physically located on different segments of a LAN. VLANs are configured through software on the switch and router.
network segment
virtual local area network
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
static route
3. The glass fibers inside certain cables over which light is transmitted to encode 0 and 1
local area network
pinout
protocol data unit
fiber optics
4. 1. a collision domain that is a section of a LAN that is bound by bridges - routers or switches. 2. In a LAN using a bus topology - a segment is a continuous electrical circuit that is often connected to other such segments with repeaters. 3. When us
overhead
segment
bridge table
ARP table
5. The layer 3 address to which the data is going.
IP address
destination IP address
switch table
Thicknet
6. A group of devices associated by the arrangement of a hierarchial addressing scheme. Devices in the same logical network that share a common network portion of their Layer 3 addresses.
fragmentation
routing table
virtual local area network
logical network
7. Information systems that allow the creation of a document or documents that can be edited by more than one person in real time
intermediary device
decapsulation
flash
collaborative
8. A physical or a logical area in a LAN where the signals sent by the interfaces ma be subject o being combined. Within a collision domain - if a device sends a frame on a network segment - every other device on that same segment will receive that fram
network segment
asynchronous
collision domain
physical address
9. In ethernet - a device that receives an electrical signal in one port - interprets the bits and regenerates a clean signal that it sends out all other ports of the hub. Typically it also supplies several ports - which are oftentimes RJ-45 jacks.
best effort
hub
broadcast
host address
10. The process by which a device adds networking heads and trailers to data from an application for the eventual transmission of the data onto a transmission medium.
Address resolution protocol
convergence
flash
encapsulation
11. A common term for 10base5 ethernet - referring to the fact that 10base5 cabling is thicker than the coaxial cabling used for 10base2.
decapsulation
enable password
Thicknet
window size
12. Unencrypted password used to allow access to privledge EXEC mode from IOS user EXEC mode.
fiber optics
segment
enable password
maximum transmission unit
13. To change the energy levels transmitted over some networking medium to transmit bits over that medium.
host group
Internet control message protocol
Network address translation (NAT)
encode
14. An IPV4 addressing scheme that uses a subnet mask that does not follow classful addressing limitations. It provides increased flexibility when dividing ranges of IP addresses into separate networks. Classless addressing is considered the best in curr
classless addressing
packet
octet
collaborative
15. An encoding scheme 4B/5B uses 5-bit symbols and codes to represent 4 bits of data. 4B/5B is used in 100Base-tx ethernet.
TCP/IP
most significant bit
4b/5b
encapsulation
16. The normal operation of ethernet ports on a hub. In this mode - the mapping of the wire pairs in the hub port is in a normal configuration. Some hubs provide a media-dependent interface/media-dependent interface - crossover switch. This switch is usu
half duplex
MAC table
shielded twisted pair cable
media-dependent interface (MDI)
17. The time required for some network pdu's to be sent and received - and a response PDU to be sent and received. In other words - the time between when a device sends data and when the same device receives a response.
round-trip time
router
IP address
positional notation
18. A group of IP addresses that have the same value in the first part of the IP addresses - for the purpose of allowing routing to identify the group by the inital part of the addresses. IP addresses in the same subnet typically sit on the same network
encode
RJ-45
subnet
code gropu
19. A routing feature in which frames in an interface output queue are prioritized based on various characteristics such as packet size and interface type.
session
source
synchronous
priority queing
20. Can refer to computer hardware that is to be used by multiple concurrent users. Alternatively - this term can refer to computer software that provides services to many users. For example - a web server consists of web server software running on some
routing table
source
gigabit ethernet
server
21. The table used by a switch or bridge that associates MAC addresses with the outgoing port. The switch or bridge uses this table for its forwarding/filtering decisions.
latency
bridge table
redundancy
routing
22. The physical interface transceivers. It deals with Layer 1 (the physical layer - hence the PHY) of ethernet.
dynamic host configuration protocol
segment
interframe spacing
ethernet PHY
23. A grouping of code that meets a certain - already specified - condition for entering in that certain group.
forwarding
local area network
code gropu
network segment
24. An access method used with some LAN technologies by which devices access the media in a controlled manner. This access to the LAN is managed using a small frame called a toke. A device can send only when it has claimed the use of the token.
IP address
runt frame
collaborative
token passing
25. The MAC address that is permanently assigned to a LAN interface or NIC. It is called burned-in because the address is burned into a chip on the card - and the address cannot be changed. Also called universally administered address.
daemon
Internet service provider
burned in address
classless addressing
26. Additional data that is provided with a command to provide information used by the execution of the command. IOS command arguments are entered at the CLI after the command
full duplex
argument
carrier
noise
27. A type of hash function that is used to produce a small - fixed size checksum of a block of data - such as a packet or a computer file. A CRC is computed and appended before transmission or storage - and verified afterward by the recipient to confirm
SYN
directed broadcast
cyclic redundancy check
store and forward
28. Line code in which each bit of data is signified by at least one voltage level transition.
protocol suite
priority queing
manchester encoding
positional notation
29. A protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switch data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer.
Network time protocol
dynamic routing
default route
channel
30. The networking layers whose processes are not affected by the media being used. In ethernet - these are all the layers from the LLC sublayer of data link upward.
distributed
hybrid fiber-coax
Network address translation (NAT)
media independent
31. A protocol used to dynamically assign IP configurations to hosts. The services defined by the protocol are used to request and assign an IP address - default gateway - and DNS server address to a network host.
well known ports
fragmentation
dynamic host configuration protocol
Network address translation (NAT)
32. An IPv4 address in the range of 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. Communication using these addresses is used with a ttl of 1 and limited to the local network
MAC table
code gropu
link-local address
routing
33. As filed in the TCP header that is set in a sent segment - signifies the maximum amount of unacknowledged data the host is willing to receive before the other sending host must wait for an acknowledgment.
locally administered address
router protocol
IP address
window size
34. A network that is connected to a device's interface. For example networks that interface with the router are known to be directly connected. Devices learn their initial IP routes based on being connected to these subnets.
encryption
high-order bit
connectionless
directly connected network
35. The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge - somtimes referred to as scrambling. The process takes the data to be encrypted and applies a mathematical formula to it along with a secret number. The resulting v
encryption
ping sweep
globally scoped addresses
channel
36. A data link layer address - for example a MAC address
physical address
signal
router
syntax
37. The optical or electrical impulse on a physical medium for purposes of communication.
scheme
fiber-optic cable
cyclic redundancy check
signal
38. The IPv4 multicast addresses 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255. These addresses are to be used for multicast groups on a local network. Packets to these destinations are always transmitted with a TTTL value of 1
destination IP address
single point of failure
encapsulation
reserved link-local addresses
39. Real-time communication between two or more people through text. The text is conveyed through computers connected over a network such as the internet. files can also be transferred through the IM program to share files.
window size
instant messaging
data communications equipment
most significant bit
40. In IP subnetting - this refers to the portion of a set of IP addresses whose value must be identical for the addresses to be in the same subnet.
RJ-45
symmetric switching
scalability
prefix length
41. The lower of the two sublayers of the IEEE standard for ethernet. It is also the name of that sublayer
cyclic redundancy check
instant messaging
media access control
network
42. A rectangular cabling connector with eight pins - often used with ethernet cables.
symmetric switching
data communications equipment
broadcast
RJ-45
43. Used by tcp or udp - with values between 0 and 1023 - these ports are allocated by high-privilege processes. They are used so that all clients know the correct port number to connect to.
acknowledgment number
well known ports
synchronous
collision
44. The network that combines enterprise networks - individual users - and ISPs into a single global IP network.
media-dependent interface (MDI)
Organizational Unique Identifier
Internet
Internet control message protocol
45. The number of various unique digits - including 0 that a positional number system uses to represent numbers. For example - in the binary system (base 2) the radix is 2. In the decimal system the radix is 10.
radix
multicast group
host group
asynchronous
46. The loss of communication signal on the media. This loss is due to degradation of the energy wave over time.
attenuation
International Organization for Standardization
radio frequency interference
acknowledgment number
47. Communication that allows receipt and transmission simultaneously. A station can transmit and receive at the same time. There are no collisions with full-duplex ethernet transmision.
MAC table
PSH
full duplex
dynamic or private ports
48. International standardization program created by ISO and ITU-T to develop standards for data networking that facilitate multivendor equipment interoperability
distributed
peer
link-local address
Open systems interconnection
49. Routing table entry that is used to direct frames for which a next hop is not explicitly listed in the routing table. This route is used to forward a packet when no other known route exists for a give packet's destination address.
signal
scalability
loopback
default route
50. On a switch - a table that lists all known MAC addresses - and the bridges/switch port out which the bridge/switch should forward frames sent to each MAC address.
MAC table
network
fragmentation
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