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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A specialized device that allows multiple networks or segments to connect and exchange data
Internet Key Exchange
Data Link
connectivity device
Secure Shell (SSH
2. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.
monitoring port (SPAN port)
Primary Rate Interface
DSL
Authentication Header
3. Consists of procedures and systems that identify system intrusions
DSSS
Session
Physical layer
intrusion detection
4. CNAME
Telnet
1000base-lx
Canonical Name
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
5. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
NIC
FCS (frame check sequence)
alert or alarm
Client Software
6. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds
ATU-R
Frequency Modulation
OSI Layer 2
Round Trip Time
7. Distinct communication path between two or more nodes; may be separated logically or physically
Line Printer Daemon
reflection
Channel
Modem
8. International Organization for Standardization
IEEE
hot site
802.2
ISO
9. Unique identifying number for a network node; follows a hierarchical addressing scheme; can be assigned through OS software; added to data packets and interpreted by protocols at the Network layer
Cable Plant
Service Set Identifier
network address
Physical Layer
10. Public switched telephone network
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
mtr (my traceroute)
WAN Connectivity
PSTN
11. IEEE standard for token ring devices and data handling
Core
802.3
802.5
router
12. Nondata information that mus accompany data in order for a signal to be properly routed and interpreted by the network
Overhead
Networking Model
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
rj-45
13. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network
redirector
star topology
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Application layer
14. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Application
soft skills
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
15. Time Division Multiple Access
TDMA
Internet Key Exchange
Application Layer (Layer 7)
Round Trip Time
16. Type of switching for multiple data packets make up the same transmission and use identical paths to reach the destination
message and circuit
beaconing
NIC
passive scanning
17. Form of transmission that allows multiple signals to travel simultaneously over one medium
Multiplexing
FCS (frame check sequence)
MAU
segment
18. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
Ring topology
digital dis
MAN
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
19. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In
Physical Layer
overhead
Segment
802.11a
20. RJ 45
workstation
twisted pair connector
802.3
fixing attenuation
21. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and passes them on to other parts of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub.
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
switch
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
fiber-optic cables
22. A data-link protocol used for remote networking that can exchange IP addresses - carry data by multiple network layer protocols - and support different app. protocols.
host
NTP
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
PPP
23. Routers work here
Post Office Protocol
narrowband
NIC (Network Interface Card)
Network
24. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
CSMA/CD
binary
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
25. Anything - hardware or software - that monitors transmission of packets of digital information that attempt to pass the perimeter of a network
confidence value
Network interface card (NIC)
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
firewall
26. A switching method that enables multiple devices to communicate over the same commnications medium by creating time slots in which each device transmits.
logical address
horizontal cabling
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
27. Prevents broadcast storms by enabling switches to calculate paths that avoid potential loops and artificially block the links that would complete a loop
STP
EAPoL
Loose network cable connection
Broadband
28. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end
SONET
Noise
extranet
Modem
29. The way nodes responds to a collision
5-4-3 rule
EAPoL
collision detection
FDDI
30. Contains information that a wireless node needs to associate with an ap
Improperly configured switch
association
beacon frame
connection oriented
31. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission
Fault tolerance
Canonical Name
CSMA/CA
terminator
32. Which class of IP address would be allocated to a very large company?
Class A
Peer-to-peer network
logical link control (LLC)
goodput
33. Binary values for each bit position
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
encapsulate
statistical multiplexing
34. An organization composed of more than 100 representatives from industry and government who together determine standards for the electronics industry in addition to other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering.
Transmission media
tuning
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
device ID
35. IEEE
TIA
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
36. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
Canonical Name
Incorrect device drivers
Category 6
37. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.
Kerberos
port 110
MAN
horizontal cabling
38. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
device ID
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Presentation Layer
backbone
39. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
ring topology
data packets
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
40. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps
Radio Waves
FDM
10 Gigabit Ethernet
File Transfer Protocol
41. 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.
diffraction
Category 5e
PSTN
Faulty network cable
42. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
port 25
connection
Multiplexing
Presentation
43. Glass or plastic shield around the core of a fiber-optic cable; reflects light back to the core in patterns that vary depending on the transmission mode
Cladding
flow control
Session layer
802.11n
44. Connects networks larger than a LAN - but smaller than a WAN
MAN
Server
metropolitan area network (MAN)
terminal
45. Network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems.
extranet
Ethernet
twisted shielded pair
Network Time Protocol
46. Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
802.3
trap and trace
Modulation
CSMACD
47. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
Star topology
analog
baseband
Frequency Modulation
48. A device that converts an analog to digital signal and vice versa
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
Network
modem
Canonical Name
49. # of times that waves amplitude cycles - hertz
Mail Exchanger
frequency
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
route
50. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
link quality monitoring
RTT
where NICs operate
connectivity device