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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. NLM
NetWare Loadable Module
fault tolerance
message and circuit
Session layer
2. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
tunneling
Application
thin client computing
3. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application
rj-11
Application Layer
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
protocol
4. F type (like TV cable) or BNC (crimped)
coax cable connector
backbone cabling
Authentication Header
Byte
5. A systematic survey of all of the target organization's Internet addresses that is conducted to identify network services offered by hosts in that range
fully distributed control strategy
MMF
fingerprinting
Data Link
6. Small network 192-223
Class C Network
router
port 69
Data Link
7. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal
broadband
network layer
modem
spread-spectrum
8. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
analog
5-4-3 rule
server
Network
9. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.
collision
Category 5e
Mail Exchanger
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
10. Allows clients to communicate in different floors
back door
S-HTTP
DSL
switch
11. The action of luring an individual into committing a crime.
PSTN
entrapment
Encapsulation
BNC connector
12. Physical layout of a star topology and also ring logical topology
star wired ring
multiplexing
802.2
subnetting purpose
13. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
virture privat network (VPN)
honey net
modem
impedance
14. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
ADSL
DHCP
Classful Addressing
PDU
15. Internet assigned numbers authority
node
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Analog
IANA
16. The 100BaseVG/100VG-AnyLAN approach abandon the CSMA/CD transmission technique for one called demand priorTity.
PAP
IEEE 802.12 Standard
Amplitude
plenum cables
17. Which layer is responsible for putting data into frames as well as providing error checking data?
encapsulate
link dead phase
Primary Rate Interface
Data Link Layer
18. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m
Hertz
NFS
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
19. The IEEE standard for token ring networking devices and data handling.
connection
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Secure Copy
802.5
20. Data changed since the previous fill or incremental backup
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Straight tip connector
MAN
incremental backup
21. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
ISOC
802.3
22. IPSec
firmware
Internet Protocol Security
Session layer
802.11
23. Saturation of network bandwidth caused by excessive traffic - as when a large number of computers or devices attemp to transmit simultaneously - or when computers or devices presist in transmitting repeatedly.
Application
broadcast storm
UDP
Class B Network
24. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots
TDM
computer network
MultiMode Fiber
star-ring hybrid topology
25. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Digital
Secure Shell
26. Is a secure form of HTTP
SSH
HTTPS
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
Phase
27. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.
data packets
SMTP
public network
honey pot
28. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
802.2
SNMP
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
29. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
supernet
router
MAC sublayer
impedance
30. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
headened
beacon frame
Full-Duplex
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
31. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Class A Network
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
fragmentation
32. Physical layer. 100 mpbs throughout. baseband transmission. cat 5 or higher utp. max length is 100 meters. two wire twisted pair-full duplexing.
Network Switching
alert or alarm
100base-tx
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
33. Area above the ceiling tile or below the subfloor in a building
analog signal
MAC address
Plenum
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
34. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.
ARP
full duplex
extranet
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
35. The IEEE standard for broadband wireless metropolitan area networking (also known as WiMax)
802.16
connection
Correct default gateway
Amplitude Modulation
36. Process of directing a datagram from its source through an internetwork to its destination using the most efficient path.
stateful firewall
802.11n
alert or alarm
routing
37. The _____________ allows certain bits of the IP address to be ignored when checking to see if an IP address matches the destination network address.
OSI Layer 3
Subnetmask
Topology
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
38. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory
Network
utp
LDAP
node
39. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
socket
link establishment phase
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
cabeloco
40. A medium that carries 1 signal
ASCII
baseband
IGMP
Computer network
41. Asynchronous digital subscriber line. Method of providing internet service that uses the standard phone line - but transmits data at a different frequency than voice. Faster than ISDN.
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
block ID
netstat
ADSL
42. IDPS that uses profiles to detect anomalous protocol behavior
NetBIOs
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
fragmentation
padded cell
43. Restructuring data units that have been segmented
entrapment
Twister Pair Cable
reassembly
IEEE
44. AH
Authentication Header
NetWare Directory Services
token ring
Error Handling
45. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.
SMF
protocol stack verification
High-Level Data Link Control
dedicated lines
46. SMF
switch
FTP
Byte
Single Mode Fiber
47. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
Main Distribution Frame
Physical
encapsulate
48. Physical layer standard for serial communications
SSH
association
Port Numbers
RS-232
49. Is a system that is distributed throughout the internetwork to provide address/name resolution.
back door
Domain Name System (DNS)
EMI
POP3
50. Also called the star-wired ring topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
telephone connector
SCP
star-ring hybrid topology
telnet