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Cisco Network Fundamentals Vocab

Subjects : cisco, it-skills
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1. This term - used generically - refers to end-user data along with networking headers and trailers that are transmitted through a network. This term - used specifically - it is end-user data along with the network or Internet layer headers and any h






2. A part of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company (that is - normally over the Internet.) Vendors and contractors use this type of network to access some company websites.






3. Any combination of hardware device and/or software application designed to protect network devices from outside network users and/or malicious applications and files.






4. A digital network used to send data between computers.






5. An internationally recognized definition of technical specifications that ensure worldwide consistency.






6. Network layer protocol in the TCP/IP stack offering a connectionless internetwork service. It provides features for addressing - type-of-service specifications - fragmentation and reassembly and security. It was documented in RFC 791.






7. A control mechanism that can provide different priorities to different users or data flows - or guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow in accordance with requests from the application program.






8. 1. Collection of computers - printers - routers - switches and other devices that can communicate with each other over a transmission medium. 2. Command that assigns a NIC-based address to which the router is directly connected.






9. To transfer data from the server to the client computer you are using.






10. A routing feature in which frames in an interface output queue are prioritized based on various characteristics such as packet size and interface type.






11. Two or more people working together on a project.






12. A process used to verify the identity of a person or a process.






13. Websites that lets visitors add - edit and delete content - typically without the need for registration. A good example of this is wikipedia.com.






14. The ability or a protocol - system or component to be modified to fit a new need.






15. Binary Digit used in the binary number system. Each bit can either be a 1 or 0. Bits are units for information storage in computing.






16. Real-time communications between two or more people through text. The text is conveyed through computers connected over a network.






17. Technology that allows communication without needing physical connectivity. Examples include cell phones - personal digital assistants (PDA) wireless access points and wireless NICs.






18. A drag-and-drop network simulator developed by Cisco to design - configure and troubleshoot network equipment within a simulated environment.






19. The network that combines enterprise networks - individual users - and ISPs into a single global IP network.






20. A numbering system characterized by 1s and 0s.






21. A combination of many IP subnets and networks - as created by building a network using routers. It can include several IP networks.






22. A network architecture designed to eliminate network downtime caused by a single point of failure.






23. A corporate system such as a website that is explicitly used by internal employees. It can be accessed either internally or remotely.






24. A website where entries are made in journal style. A user creates a blog - makes changes to it through templates or altering HTML code. Visitors can leave posts of the blog.






25. A symbol used to represent of part of the network whose details are being ignored.






26. A system or network design characterized by one or more major components that are required to maintain operation.






27. The origin of the PDU. This can be a process - a host - or a node. This depends on the layer to which you are referring to.






28. A network device - typically connected to a range of LAN and WAN interfaces - that forwards packets based on their destination IP addresses. The device uses a forward if proven scheme.






29. The design on networks that can continue to operate without interruption in the case of hardware - software or communications failures.






30. Events or signals that show output as fast as possible - or as they happen.






31. This kind of network combines various forms of traffic such as voice - video and data on the same network infrastructure.






32. Digital files that are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds - for playback on portable media players and personal computers.






33. Something that helps people collaborate in a software context.






34. In networking - a measurement of the speed of bits that can be transmitted over a particular link. It is the amount of data that can be transmitted in a certain amount of time. For digital service - it is usually expressed in bits per second (bps).