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CCNA Network Fundamentals Vocab
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1. An addressing scheme in which a network is partitioned into sections - with the section identifier forming one part of each destination's address and the destination identifier forming another
redundancy
protocol suite
fault tolerance
hierarchical addressing
2. In the telnet application - commands are always introduced by a character with the decimal code 255 - known as the Interpret as Command character.
client
Interpret as command
proxy arp
local area network
3. 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.
protocol data unit
ethernet PHY
encapsulation
network baseline
4. A port on cisco devices to which a terminal or computer with a terminal emulator is connected to the network device in order to communicate and configure the network device
association identity AID
console port
hub
bridge
5. Translation RFC 1918 addresses to public domain addresses. Because RFC 1918 addresses are not routerd on the Internet - hosts accessing the Internet must use public domain addresses.
virtual local area network
classful addressing
link-local address
Network address translation (NAT)
6. A time period between ethernet frames that allows fairness with the CSMA/CD algorithm. Without a space between frames in other words - without some time with no frames being sent a NIC might always listen for silence - never hear silence and therefor
Internet service provider
octet
interframe spacing
carrier sense multiple access (CSMA)
7. A 1-bit flag in the TCP header that is used to request to the higher layers for immediate delivery of the packet.
kilobits per second
Open systems interconnection
PSH
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM)
8. 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
Time to live
attenuation
media-dependent interface (MDI)
network interface card
9. Devices at the user end of a user-network interface that serves as a data source - destination or both. DTE connects to a data network through a DCE device and typically uses clocking signals generated by the DCE. DTE includes such devices as compute
code gropu
data termianl equipment
client
session
10. Network protocols or technologies that do not use the acknowledgment system to guarantee reliable delivery of information
dotted decimal
most significant bit
best effort
hub
11. Any combination of hardware device and/or software application designed to protect network devices from outside network users and/or malicious applications and files.
network segment
firewall
prefix length
Interpret as command
12. The portion of a binary number that carries the most weight - the one written farthest to the left. High-order bits are the 1s in the network mask.
instant messaging
high-order bit
locally administered address
end device
13. The structure and order of words in a computer language
Mail user agent
syntax
dynamic host configuration protocol
radio frequency interference
14. To transfer data from the computer functioning as a server to the client computer you are using.
ARP cache
prviate address
thinnet
download
15. A part of a computer network that every device communicates with using the same physical medium. Network segments are extended by hubs or repeaters.
channel
network segment
delimiter
association identity AID
16. A high-speed line or series of connections that forms a major pathway within a network. The term is often used to describe the main network connections comprising the Internet.
fault tolerance
synchronous
Internet backbone
nslookup
17. Data that directs a process. a flag in a data-link frame is an example of control data.
default route
control data
destination IP address
bridging
18. A protocol that allows a computer to retrieve email from a server.
4b/5b
subnet
post office protocol
backoff algorithm
19. 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
cloud
convergence
routing table
20. A common term for 10base5 ethernet - referring to the fact that 10base5 cabling is thicker than the coaxial cabling used for 10base2.
Thicknet
host
bridge
bit time
21. A written specification that defines what tasks a service or device should perform. Each protocol defines messages - often in the form of headers - plus the rules and processes by which these messages are used to achieve some stated purpose.
media independent
frame
protocol
round-trip time
22. Used in the CLI following the command. Keywords are parameters that are used with the command from a set of predefined values.
keyword
Thicknet
noise
routing table
23. The process by which a router receives an incoming frame - discards the ata link header and trailer - makes a forwarding decision based on the destination IP address - adds a new data-link header and trailer based on the outgoing interface and forwar
media independent
router
routing
TCP
24. A part of the ethernet frame that fills in the data field to ensure that the data field meets the minimum size requirement of 46 bytes.
extranet
interframe spacing
Pad
AND
25. When used generically - this term refers to end-user data along with networking headers and trailers that are transmitted through a network. When used specifically - it is end-user data - along with the network or Internet layer headers and any highe
distributed
fault tolerance
jam signal
packet
26. The IP address of the originating host that is placed into the IP packet header.
source IP address
noise
encryption
acknowledgment number
27. To change the energy levels transmitted over some networking medium to transmit bits over that medium.
connection oriented
MAC table
switch
encode
28. The design on networks that can continue to operate without interruption in the case of hardware - software or communications failures.
signal
bit
fault tolerance
IP
29. A routing feature in which frames in an interface output queue are prioritized based on various characteristics such as packet size and interface type.
high-order bit
cyclic redundancy check
deterministic
priority queing
30. Interface by magnetic signals caused by the flow of electricity. EMI can cause reduced data integrity and increased error rates on transmission channels. The physics of this process are that electrical current creates magnetic fields - which in turn
half duplex
multicast client
Organizational Unique Identifier
electromagnetic interface
31. A 1-bt flag in the TCP header used to indicate the initial value of the sequence number. The SYN flag is only set in the first two segments of the three-way TCP connection establishment sequence.
scalability
convergence
SYN
internetwork
32. A dotted decimal number defined by the IPv4 protocol to represent a network or subnet. It represents the network that hosts reside in. Also called a network number or network ID.
Internet
network address
extranet
slash format
33. A form of transmission where one device transmits to all devices within the network or on another network
server message block
broadcast
delimiter
attenuation
34. 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
packet
IP header
server
virtual local area network
35. In networking - a general term referring to any energy signal on a transmission medium that is not part of the signal used to transmit data over that medium.
noise
runt frame
TCP
latency
36. The glass fibers inside certain cables over which light is transmitted to encode 0 and 1
quality of service
fiber optics
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
authoritative
37. The process of forwarding frames in a switch or a bridge from one port to another port or from segment to segment
interframe spacing
node
bridging
internetwork
38. A network that incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. commonly used by cable tv companies.
bridge table
hybrid fiber-coax
global configuration mod
extranet
39. A group defined by a class D address (multicast - ranging from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255) - whereupon hosts can pertain to multicast groups. Hosts that have the same multicast address are part of the same host group.
encryption
local area network
subnet
host group
40. A group that receives a multicast transmission. The members of a multicast group have the same mulitcast IP addressing to receive the same transmission.
ARP table
selective forwarding
throuhpu
multicast group
41. The passage of a data packet between two network nodes.
hop
collaborative
runt frame
router protocol
42. Media access methodology in which a node wishing to transmit listens for a carrier wave before trying to send. If a carrier is sensed - the node waits for the transmission in progress to finish before initiating its own transmission.
carrier sense multiple access (CSMA)
server message block
encapsulation
extended star
43. A 1-bit flag in the TCP header that is used to request that a connection be re-established.
RST
unshieled twisted-pair
multicast client
routing table
44. 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.
bridge table
Internet
daemon
network address
45. An internationally recognized definition of technical specifications that ensure worldwide consistency.
multiplexing
nslookup
standards
delimiter
46. A service or a program to look up information in the DNS
nslookup
dynamic or private ports
Internet control message protocol
goodput
47. Resources used to manage or operate the network. Overhead consumes bandwidth and reduces the amount of application data that can be transported across the network.
overhead
ARP cache
high-order bit
distributed
48. A removable component that has memory space for storage. Used on the router or switch for storing the compressed operating system image.
flash
4b/5b
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM)
media-dependent interface crossover
49. A notification sent from one network device to another to confirm that some event has occured.
acknowledgment
IP header
token passing
ACK
50. Random-access memory that does not lose its contents when the computer is shut down
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM)
test-net address
Network address translation (NAT)
data termianl equipment
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