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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Coordinates and maintains communications between two nodes on the network
device address
carrier sense
session layer
Ferrule
2. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
Improperly configured switch
bus topology
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
3. TFTP - trivial file transfer protocol
1000base-t
port 69
Computer network
Main Distribution Frame
4. Delay between the transmission of a signal and its receipt
event viewer
coaxial cable
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
Latency
5. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access
demilitarized zone
segmentation
EMI
true attack stimulus
6. 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.
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
physical layer
twisted-pair cable
stp
7. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
802.3
DSL
RADIUS
8. Fiber optic - enables one fiber optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously
subnetting purpose
WDM
MPLS
entrance facilities
9. Moving from one BSS to another without losing connectivity
fading
STP
crossover cable
roaming
10. A generic term for data being transmitted
Network Layer (Layer 3)
1550bytes
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
packet
11. 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.
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
PPP
802.5
internetwork
12. Hackers sending emails to make it look like its legit and its actually dangerous to the workstation
Round Trip Time
Multiplexing
workstation
phishing
13. Each node is connected to the two nearest nodes so that the entire network forms a circle - active - twisted pair of fiber optic - single malfunction in workstation can disable entire network - not flexible or scalbe
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Device power off
CRC
ring topology
14. A TCP/IP troubleshooting utility that provides information about NetBIOs names and their addresses. If you know the NetBIOs name of a workstation - you can use nbtstat to determine its IP address
voltage
SMTP
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
nbtstat
15. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission
EMI
simplex
serial
hostname
16. Gives each node unique address
Transport
DHCP
cross talk
Data Link (Layer 2)
17. Session initiation protocol-performed on VoIP - determines location of endpoints - and establishes sessions between endpoints
SIP
Repeater
fiber optics
EMI
18. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc
beaconing
Electromagnetic Interference
UTP
star wired bus
19. BDC
Backup Domain Controller
Post Office Protocol version 3
ISDN
Modulation
20. AFP
Apple File Protocol
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
21. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
Virtual private network (VPN)
station
NetBIOs
Ethernet
22. TFTP is a TCP/IP file transfer protocol that is designed for task such as the transfer of data to enable a diskless workstation to boot using files trasmitted from a server
fingerprinting
active scanning
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
LAN
23. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
RTT
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Classful Addressing
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
24. Connector with 9 pins - commonly used in a serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
connection
network address
DB-9 connector
25. Backbone: A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Regeneration
Backbone
66 Block
entrapment
26. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.
802.16
computer network
Integrated Services Digital Network
DSL
27. Network File System
Internet
LLC
Crossover Cable
NFS
28. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
Backup Domain Controller
Noise
Entrance Facilities
29. (metropolitan area network) used with a handful of buildings and larger then a LAN - connects two or more Lans
MAN
Ferrule
ARP
Simple Network Management Protocol
30. Device similar to a burglar alarm in that it detects a violation and activates an alarm.
Braiding
coaxial cable
Serial Line Internet Protocol
intrusion detection system (IDS)
31. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
media
Client
32. Slow wireless standard 11-18 throughput
802.11a
Correct default gateway
UTP
Virtual private network (VPN)
33. Several ethernet nodes can be connected and can monitor traffic or access media simultaneously
Network Time Protocol
multiple access
TDMA
IEEE
34. File Transfere Protocol
routing
active scanning
IEEE
FTP
35. 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
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
Line Printer Remote
ANSI
fingerprinting
36. MIB
Management Information Base
baseband
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
Application
37. Enables network managers to continuously monitor network activity
segmentation
service data unit (SDU)
802.11a
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
38. A technique for connecting to a network at a remote location using Internet as the medium.
carrier sense
analog dis
true attack stimulus
VPN
39. LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Coaxial Cable
FHSS
point to multipoint
40. Physical Layer
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
OSI Layer 1
beaconing
41. Device with little - if any - of it's own processing or disk capacity; depends on a host to supply it with applications and data-processing services
terminal
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
partially distributed control strategy
POTS
42. The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every node on a network
TFTP
addressing
the higher the frequency
Bit
43. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
trap and trace
L2TP
NNTP
LC connector
44. IEEE standard for error and flow control in data frames
Frequency Modulation
ADSL
802.2
EAPoL
45. Requires CSU/DSU-the connection point for a t1 live at customers site
Amplifier
t1 connection
RealVNC
Application Layer (Layer 7)
46. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
SFP
fiber optic cable
MAC address
site policy awareness
47. Equivalent to OSI Layer 3 Network
Microbrowser
Phase
crimping tool and wore stripper
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
48. A technique in which IP address used on a private network are assigned a public IP address by a gateway when accessing a public network.
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
SMTP
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Networking Model
49. Communications cable that consists of one or more glass 0r plastic fiber cores inside a protective cladding material - covered by a plastic PVC outer jacket. Signal transmission along the inside fibers typically uses infrared light.
backbone
fiber-optic cables
peer-to-peer network
port 80
50. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication
kereberos
rj-11
Encrypting File System
directional antennas
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