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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Positive and zero. 1 and 0's.
binary
simplex
virtual circuit
Post Office Protocol
2. Public switched telephone network
PSTN
Braiding
Data Link
UDP
3. 6th layer; protocols translate between Application and Network layers; data are formatted so that the network can understand - with the format varying according to the type of network; manages data encryption and decryption - such as scrambling of sy
true attack stimulus
Presentation layer
station
back hack
4. Services that allow remote users to connect to the network
access services
port 110
digital signal
intrusion
5. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.
Bit
access point
SYN (syncronization)
authentication
6. Ensures that messages being transmitted on the internet are private and tamper proof
SFP
Plenum
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
Transport
7. Equivalent to OSI Layer 4 Transport
MMF
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
MAN
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
8. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
AUI
Optical Loss
trap and trace
Application layer
9. Type of interference caused by signals traveling on nearby wire pairs infringing on another pair's signal
Cross Talk
Block ID
Port Numbers
transmit
10. Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Data Link
FDDI
Session
ICMP
11. Physical Layer
Twister Pair Cable
Session Layer (Layer 5)
Network News Transport Protocol
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
12. IRC
MAC
Incorrect cable type
Internet Relay Chat
FTP
13. ISM
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
digital signal
router
protocol and services
14. Interference that may be generated by broadcast signals from radio or TV towers
Radio Frequency Interference
IP Address
data packets
lpr filename
15. A specialized UN agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment
carrier sense
ITU
stp
connectionless
16. Feeding everybody in building
MultiStation Access Unit
topology
omnidirectional antenna
MPLS
17. MX
Network Layer (Layer 3)
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
tracert
Mail Exchanger
18. HTTP - SMTP - POP3 - VoIP
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
Session
access services
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
19. 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
Session Layer (Layer 5)
Cladding
Radio Frequency Interference
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
20. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
standard connector
partially distributed control strategy
FHSS
IEEE
21. Uses frame headers
port 69
installing cable
ethernet
Network
22. In CIDR notation - the number of bits used for an extended network prefix. For example - the CIDR block for 199.34.89.0/22 is /22
PPP
MMF
duplex
CIDR block
23. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
TDM
Application
802.44
24. A medium that carries 1 signal
Radio Frequency Interference
protocol
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
baseband
25. The general topic of how on one computer - two adjacent layers in a networking architectural model work together - with the lower layer proving services to the higher layer.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
Adjacent Layer Interaction
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
OSI Layer 6
26. Transport Layer
IP gateway in NAT
Physical
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
AM
27. Routes packets through network
POP3
Network
Extended Network Prefix
Independent Computer Architecture
28. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
trap and trace
ACK (acknowledgement)
session
back hack
29. BERT
Bit-Error Rate Test
switch
Internet Protocol
Mac Addressing
30. 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.
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
social engineering
analog signal
satellite
31. Encompasses actions an organization takes when intrusion is detected
port 25
intrusion reaction
Alien Cross Talk
BOOTP
32. Device used to regenerate a signal
FM
Repeater
router
geosynchronous
33. Satellite used for broadband internet access
Network
Post Office Protocol version 3
geosynchronous
Network interface card (NIC)
34. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1
intrusion detection
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
binary
physical layer device
35. A drawback of certification
alarm clustering and compaction
OSI Layer 5
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
CHAP
36. AH
fragmentation
star wired bus
stp
Authentication Header
37. Service that supports email
communications services
802.44
trap and trace
mtr (my traceroute)
38. Network Layer
802.3
Packets
frame
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
39. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
coaxial cable
FDDI
communications services
ICMP
40. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
WAN
encryption
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Channel
41. Digital - one signal one channel at a time (half duplexing) ex. ethernet
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Ethernet
star-wired bus topology
baseband
42. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
port 21
physical media
network access method
token
43. An 8-bit character-coding method consisting of 96 uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers - plus 32 nonprinting characters.
OSI Layer 6
Open Shortest Path First
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
switch
44. Honey pot that has been protected so it cannot be easily compromised
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
802.11n
Secure Shell (SSH)
padded cell
45. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Backbone
RTT
event viewer
46. Useful for troubleshooting a network connectivity problem from workstation to another workstation
crossover cable
backbone
noise
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
47. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack
MAC address
the higher the frequency
alert or alarm
Noise
48. Defines host IP in packet headers
synchronous communications
Network
RARP
IP gateway in NAT
49. CNAME
medium
Canonical Name
ISDN
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
50. Data Link Layer
Single mode fiber
Frames
Internet Control Message Protocol
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
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