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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. An International organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that play a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
RARP
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
kereberos
tracert
2. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 250 MHz.
Category 6
extranet
Fault tolerance
Gigabit Ethernet
3. A data link protocol used for remote networking that is rarely used today.
port 123
full duplex
SLIP
VPN
4. Physical layer standard for serial communications
RS-232
RARP
POTS
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
5. Signals travel both directions simultaneously
duplex
MMF
Physical
1000base-sx
6. Panel of data receptors into which twisted pair wire is inserted to complete a circuit
ARP
digital
Punch-Down Block
CSMACD
7. BDC
Application layer
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
Data Link
Backup Domain Controller
8. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
MAC address
Internet
Crossover Cable
SYN (syncronization)
9. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.
spread-spectrum
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
baseband
public network
10. A series of interconnected computers - printing devices - and other computer equipment that shares hardware and software resources. The service area usually is limited to a given office area - floor - or building.
WAN Connectivity
PSTN
Local area network (LAN)
server
11. ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
peer-to-peer network
intrusion reaction
Braiding
12. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
Workstation
tracert
network access method
Impedance
13. The process of reconstructing segmented data
reassembly
transmit
where NICs operate
Ethernet
14. Multicast group 224-239
Integrated Services Digital Network
ANDing
Class D Network
ICS host
15. A network whose access is restricted to only clients or machines with proper credentials.
Bandwidth
Apple File Protocol
Private Network
multimeter
16. SSH - secure shell
logical link control (LLC)
Port 20
port 22
fixing attenuation
17. Is part of theTCP/IP protcol suite and used to retrive e-mail from a remote server to a local client over a TCP/IP connection
ICS host
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
client
terminator
18. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack
Gigabit Interface Converter
MultiMode Fiber
ARP
alert or alarm
19. Basic error checking and correction
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
crimping tool and wore stripper
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Data Link
20. CRAM-MD5
rj-11
High-Level Data Link Control
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
MAC sublayer
21. 12 digits - A-F/0-9
MAC address
transport layer
client/server
802.2
22. Cause by length - loss of signals as it travels farther away
Workstation
standard connector
backbone
attenuation
23. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
logical link control (LLC)
device address
POP (Post Office Protocol)
24. ISM
802.5
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
cabeloco
25. Is a file transfer protocol that uses s ecure shell (SSH)
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
RTT
Application
Virtual private network (VPN)
26. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Noise
Class A Network
Application
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
27. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
Networking Model
analog signal
Subscriber connector
Telnet
28. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
HTTP
FM
Post Office Protocol version 3
Class E Network
29. L2F
Network News Transport Protocol
Channel
Layer 2 Forwarding
digital signal
30. Plain old telephone service
POTS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
OSI Layer 6
SONET
31. NLM
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
NetWare Loadable Module
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
High-Level Data Link Control
32. ISDN
IANA
Integrated Services Digital Network
Canonical Name
overhead
33. Transport Layer
Segments
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
DCE
router
34. Knows which VLAN a stream of data belongs to by reading a tad added to each frames header
Presentation layer
packet
switch
t1 connection
35. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer
SSH
POP (Post Office Protocol)
honey net
802.3
36. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
ATU-R
coaxial cable
Workstation
37. Internet Layer
EIA
horizontal cabling
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Session
38. Transport Layer
Access Control List
OSI Layer 4
ppptp
port 143
39. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.
horizontal cabling
addressing
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
40. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
logical link control (LLC)
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
LC connector
255.255.0.0
41. ICA
1000base-lx
Independent Computer Architecture
Class C Network
OSI
42. Translates data to a format the receiving node understands - such as from EBCDIC to ASCII - Performs data encryption - Performs data compression
Data Link
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Media Converter
Ethernet
43. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
padded cell
lpr filename
NIC
Network
44. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication
Frames
point to multipoint
phase
SSL
45. RJ 11
IEEE
Internet Key Exchange
telephone connector
routing
46. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible
Transport
twisted-pair cable
analog dis
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
47. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
SMTP
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
LAN
Gigabit Interface Converter
48. The process in which an attacker obtains confidential information by contacting employees and deceiving them into giving up passwords - IP addresses - server names - and so on.
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
social engineering
demand priority
Session Layer (Layer 5)
49. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
fixing cross talk
IP Addressing
50. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.
IEEE 802.12 Standard
dedicated lines
LAN
transmit