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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Alert or alarm that occurs in the absence of an actual attack
plenum cables
Transport Layer
false positive
protocol
2. A 32 bit number that - when combined with a device's IP address - indicates the kind of supernet to which the device belongs.
simplex
LAN
supernet mask
carrier sense
3. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
66 Block
SSH
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Attenuation
4. Device that separates multiplexed signals once they are received and regenerates them in their original form
networks enable users to share resources
Demultiplexer
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
RAS
5. Hardware device typically used to connect multiple LANs
NIC
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
router
Repeater
6. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
telephone connector
Correct subnet mask
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
802.3
7. SLIP
10BASE2 Limit
Serial Line Internet Protocol
half duplex
BNC connector
8. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a node.
station
Microbrowser
transport layer
extranet
9. Application Layer
Crossover Cable
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
trap and trace
star-wired bus topology
10. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
FM
cable plant
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
11. Hubs and switches work here
Data Link
802.5
802.11
Impedance
12. Cause by length - loss of signals as it travels farther away
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Session
incremental backup
attenuation
13. Manages network communication - available on a CD-ROM for example - that is used to manage communications and how frames or packets are sent using a protocol.
nbtstat
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
NIC drivers
IANA
14. Panel of data receptors into which twisted pair wire is inserted to complete a circuit
Punch-Down Block
Canonical Name
Internet
NIC (Network Interface Card)
15. NNTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Data Link
token ring
Network News Transport Protocol
16. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard
attenuation
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
SONET
17. Data Link Layer
Full-Duplex
port 110
EIA/TIA
Ethernet
18. Application layer protocol that formulates and interprets requests between Web clients and servers
serial
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Class C Network
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
19. NIDPS system that examines network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. Most sensors are passive mode deployment only.
Presentation
Basic Rate Interface
Network Behavior Analysis
Port 23
20. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
ISDN
Authentication Header
802.11b
authentication
21. Max number of hops a packet can take b/w its source and destination using RIP on a LAN
star topology
IP gateway in NAT
15 hops
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
22. Enables sharing remote drivers - Enables sharing remote printers - Handles e-mail messages - Provides file transfer services - Provides file management services - Provides terminal emulation
Domain Name
Application Layer (Layer 7)
protocol
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
23. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
Host
Transport Layer
Packets
BOOTP
24. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
digital adv
token
STP
encapsulate
25. A computer that accesses another computer - such as a workstation that accesses a shared file on another workstation - server - or mainframe. The client may use the accessed computer (host) to process data - or may process accessed data using its own
Gigabit Interface Converter
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Client
port 53
26. Multicast group 224-239
Class D Network
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
Port 20
Baseband
27. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
intrusion prevention
flow control
OSI
28. Not individually insulated but shielded. use when there is noise.
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
Encrypting File System
Backbone
STP
29. Service that supports email
site policy
cable plant
OSI Reference to TCP
communications services
30. IDPS that uses profiles to detect anomalous protocol behavior
Backup Domain Controller
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
Multimode fiber
flow control
31. POP3
entrance facilities
cross talk
Post Office Protocol version 3
ITU
32. Twisted pair cable consisting of a number of twisted pairs of copper wire with a simple plastic casing. Because - no shielding is used in this cable - it is very susceptible to EMI - RFI - and other types of interference
attenuation
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
Unshielded twisted pair
Alien Cross Talk
33. RAS
directional antennas
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
host
Remote Access Service
34. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
Straight tip connector
session
carrier sense
Ring topology
35. Application Layer
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
FTP
synchronous communications
STP
36. More reliable then analog - noise doesn't affect as much - more efficient - fewer errors
SMF
Demultiplexer
digital adv
attenuation
37. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
DB-25 connector
802.2
Network Layer
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
38. Is a protocol designed for managing complex networks
link dead phase
DNAT
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
39. ISDN
port 53
Gateway Services for NetWare
Integrated Services Digital Network
1000base-sx
40. An International organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that play a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Network layer
High-Level Data Link Control
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
41. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
Node
ISO
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
ASCII
42. A flexible communications cable that contains pairs of insulated copper wires that are twisted together for reduction of EMI and RFI and covered with an outer insulating jacket.
twisted-pair cable
Telnet
throughput
Transport
43. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
Physical
client/server
protocol data unit (PDU)
Half-Duplex
44. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
TFTP
RARP
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Network
45. Http - Hypertext transfer protocol
multiprotocol label switching
NIC
port 80
routing
46. Signal interference caused by electrical devices that emit radio waves at the same frequency used by network signal transmissions.
IP Address
noise
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
radio frequency interference (RFI)
47. SMF
digital
Cladding
ASCII
Single Mode Fiber
48. Knows which VLAN a stream of data belongs to by reading a tad added to each frames header
switch
checksum
port 80
connectionless
49. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network
modifying the file-sharing controls
tracert
fiber-optic cables
Network interface card (NIC)
50. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
rj-45
MMF
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
A Protocol