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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Method of data modulation in which the frequency of the carrier signal is modified by the application of the data signal
Frequency Modulation
Device power off
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
radiation pattern
2. The communication between two networking devices for the purposes of the functions defined at a particular layer of a networking model - with the communication happening by using a header defined by that layer of the model. The two devices set values
multiprotocol label switching
Same Layer Interaction
beacon frame
bus topology
3. Provides a generic method of transferring files
broadband
encryption
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Class C Network
4. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...
Application
Internet Protocol Security
fixing attenuation
MAC address
5. Data Link Layer
star-bus hybrid topology
NIC (Network Interface Card)
Frequency
Subscriber connector
6. Network Layer
Routing
NetWare Core Protocol
MultiStation Access Unit
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
7. Teflon-coated cable that is used in plenum area because it does not emit a toxic vapor when burned
ARP
coax cable connector
plenum cables
client
8. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet
Application
Hertz
router
Class A Network
9. Integrated digital network
isdn
serial
TIA
Network Time Protocol
10. A variation of CHAP designed by Microsoft
MS-CHAP
ppptp
Patch Panel
MAC
11. A very high speed - long distance media that consists of a single strand of fiber glass that carries the signals. Can transmit data 50 times further than multimode fiber at a faster rate
true attack stimulus
STP
where NICs operate
Single mode fiber
12. On a computer that receives data over a network - the process in which the device interprets the lower-layer headers and - when finished with each header - removes the header - revealing the next-higher-layer PDU.
Decapsulation
Network Information Service
NAT (Network Address Translation)
padded cell
13. Services that allow remote users to connect to the network
noise
access services
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Frequency Modulation
14. Enables the establishment of a Web connection - but it also provides for the exchange of resources - for example - displaying AOL's Web page in your brower.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Logical Link Control
15. Application Layer
Universal serial bus
Telnet
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
16. Network layer service that subdivides segments it receives from the Transport layer into smaller packets
Application
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
fragmentation
Secure Copy
17. A network topology in which all of the nodes are connected to a central line or bus
Gateway Services for NetWare
broadband
GBIC
bus topology
18. Ethernet LAN-all forms of Ethernet media and interface
radio frequency interference (RFI)
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
802.3
token ring
19. Used connecting a workstation to a routers console part
RS 232
plenum area
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
20. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
255.255.255.252
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
omnidirectional antenna
Electrical Signaling
21. SONET
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Alien Cross Talk
Synchronous Optical Network
evasion
22. A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services.
EAP
collision detection
host
private network
23. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
Berkeley Software Distribution
network interface card (NIC)
Physical
UTP
24. Networking technology developed by IBM in the 80s; relies upon direct links between nodes and ring topology - using tokens to allow nodes to transmit data
Impedance
token ring
Internet Control Message Protocol
Network Information Service
25. System founded on using 1s and 0s to encode information
Class A Network
OSI Reference to TCP
LC connector
Binary
26. Device that can detect intrusion and launch an active response
beacon frame
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
27. A logical communication path established by the OSI Network layer for sending and receiving data.
IGMP
virtual circuit
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
28. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems
nslookup
fragmentation
Basic Rate Interface
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
29. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
POTS
Local Connector
crossover cable
private network
30. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
t1 connection
Device power off
Domain Name System (DNS)
31. Gives each node unique address
network monitor
Intermediate Distribution Frame
Transport
Amplitude Modulation
32. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.
Server
Secure Shell (SSH
NetBIOs
demand priority
33. NAT
RAS
S-HTTP
Network Address Translation
trap and trace
34. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication
Multimode fiber
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
point to multipoint
Class A Network
35. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
Half Duplex NIC Communication
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Internet
Physical
36. Electromagnetic interference
EMI
full duplex
ITU
peer-to-peer network
37. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer
Class E Network
topology
802.3
802.2
38. Also called the physical or device address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
Amplitude Modulation
twisted pair connector
tunneling
MAC address
39. International telecommunication Union
packet
ITU
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
collision detection
40. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
EMI
Category 3
half duplex
bandwidth
41. Physical Layer
Mail Exchanger
Data Link
Hubs
802.5
42. Max size of data units on Ethernet networks
Internetwork Packet Exchange
1550bytes
asynchronous comunications
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
43. Connectivity device - data link layer (2) - reads header info to forward packets according to MAC addresses
TDM
bridge
stateful firewall
twisted-pair cable
44. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
TCP/IP
Domain Name Service
802.44
45. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basis without going through an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resources - suc
Network
Transport layer
Peer-to-peer network
Hyper text transfer protocol
46. 12-character string that uniquely identifies a network node - hard coded into the NIC by the manufacturer; composed ot the block ID and device ID
802.3
alert or alarm
MAC address
Berkeley Software Distribution
47. Frequency division multiplexing
Cladding
FDM
Channel
ports
48. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots
TDM
nslookup
NIC
802.11b
49. Type of multiplexing that assigns a unique frequncy band to each communications subchannel
port 69
PSTN
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
50. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
cross talk
Broadband
wide area network (WAN)
Protocol