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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The ability to send or receive signals on a medium - but not at the same time.
SNMP
10 Gigabit Ethernet
half duplex
Session Layer (Layer 5)
2. Method of trasmitting data from a satellite
transceiver
microwave
dig (domain information groper)
networks enable users to share resources
3. Device that enables networks or segments using different media to interconnect and exchange signals
MAC address
Media Converter
station
MultiStation Access Unit
4. IKE
T-Carrier Level 1
message and circuit
BOOTP
Internet Key Exchange
5. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
255.255.255.252
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Kerberos
6. Routers work here
entrance facilities
Network Layer (Layer 3)
Address Resolution Protocol
Network
7. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
Wide area network (WAN
Shielded Twised Pair
66 Block
Entrance Facilities
8. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
collision detection
Network layer
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
installing cable
9. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
EAP
alarm filtering
SFP
WDM
10. Physical Layer
Client
Twister Pair Cable
Network
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
11. PPTP
star wired bus
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
POP3
12. Brief delay in processing - length of cable can contribute to this
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
cabeloco
latency
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
13. Single mode fiber
SMF
star-bus hybrid topology
ISOC
pathping
14. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
Session Layer (Layer 5)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Broadband
full duplex
15. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
node
Populated Segment
16. String used to identify an access point - configure on your new access points to match the settings on existing access points
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
SSID
ring topology
802.2
17. Is a secure form of HTTP
Byte
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
HTTPS
Decapsulation
18. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
port 22
Network File System (NFS)
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
19. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.
backbone cabling
scattering
CSU/DSU
Class C Network
20. Transport Layer
Port Numbers
FDDI
Improperly configured switch
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
21. Faster wireless standard 20-25
entrapment
Data Link
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
802.11g
22. International Organization for Standardization
ISO
Attenuation
NNTP
voltage
23. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
half duplex
physical layer
analog
collision detection
24. Http - Hypertext transfer protocol
DSL
connectionless
ESS
port 80
25. A type of fiber optic connector. These connectors are square shaped and have release mechanisms to prevent the cable from accidentally being unplugged
Subscriber connector
terminators
intrusion detection system (IDS)
Internet
26. Extended service set: a group of access points
Transport
Application
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
ESS
27. A single physical/non-physical medium for connecting computers
medium
Channel Service Unit
Data Link
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
28. A frame (or packet) sent to all nodes on the network.
private network
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
server
29. The _____________ allows computers to 'talk' to themselves on a different port.
802.5
Localhost
Network Layer
Amplitude
30. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
multimeter
coaxial cable
Internet Control Message Protocol
31. RADIUS
standby UPS
Kerberos
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Segments
32. CSMA / CD
Presentation
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Internet Protocol
33. Standards organizations representing 157 countries headquartered in Geneva. Goal is to establish international standards to facilitate global exchange of information and barrier-free trade
Application
roaming
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Class D Network
34. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard
100base-tx
intrusion prevention
SONET
Crossover Cable
35. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
physical media
ATM
phishing
connectionless
36. Physical layer standard for serial communications
Bend Radius
RS-232
Entrance Facilities
entrapment
37. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
OSI Layer 5
802.16
Internet Information Services
Class B Network
38. Physical layer. 10 mpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. follows 5-4-3 rule. star topology. cat 3 or higher utp. twisted pair.
Server
10base-t
Port 23
Network Behavior Analysis
39. The action of luring an individual into committing a crime.
frame
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
fragmentation
entrapment
40. IEEE standard for error and flow control in data frames
802.2
intranet
Quality of Service
Encrypting File System
41. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
Service Set Identifier
Intermediate Distribution Frame
application protocol verification
Conduit
42. Each computer is connected to a central device
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
star topology
baseband
43. Wireless standard
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
PSTN
802.11
directional antennas
44. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
communications services
MAN
encryption
Full-Duplex
45. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data
routing
protocol and services
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
tunneling
46. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots
SLIP
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Protocol Data Unit
TDM
47. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Noise
Multistation Access Unit
roaming
network class B
48. EMI interference induced on one cable by signals traveling on a nearby cable
encryption
Regeneration
Data Link
Alien Cross Talk
49. Virtually local area network-device-switch
SMTP server name
router
Line Printer Daemon
VLAN
50. Uses light to communicate a signal; the light is dispersed on numerous paths as it travels through the core and is reflected back. Provides high bandwidth at high speeds over medium distances up to about 3000 feet
Intermediate Distribution Frame
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
Multimode fiber
rj-45