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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Class D Network
coaxial cable
false attack stimulus
2. PPP
Domain Name System (DNS)
Point-to-Point Protocol
PDU
Application Layer
3. Intelligently direct data between networks based on addressing - patterns of usage - and availability of network segments
Data Service Unit
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
route
Zero Configuration
4. The wave splits into secondary waves
CRC
Repeater
Group Policy Object
diffraction
5. Data only
Workstation
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
goodput
ssl
6. Distance between corresponding points on cycle
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Bandwidth
ACK (acknowledgement)
wavelength
7. Controls how applications access network
SMF
Application
Point-to-Multipoint
Network File System
8. The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every node on a network
Port 23
firewall
LLC
addressing
9. A thin coaxial cable usually RG-58
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Microbrowser
FDM
collision
10. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.
RARP
port 80
UDP
dedicated lines
11. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical
Internet Control Message Protocol
ring topology
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
IEEE 802.12 Standard
12. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
LC connector
::1
Round Trip Time
ISDN
13. Layer 4 Troubleshooting
Firewall configured correctly
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Impedance
Internet Protocol
14. ISDN
digital signal
communications media
Integrated Services Digital Network
FDM
15. Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP - however it does not include mechanisms for ensuring timely delivery
udp
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Crossover Cable
CSMACD
16. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and passes them on to other parts of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub.
Line Printer Daemon
Segment
switch
IP (Internet Protocol)
17. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
Remote Desktop Protocol
Physical
Network
multimeter
18. 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
Client
modem
Single Mode Fiber
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
19. Transport Layer
Frequency Modulation
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
spread-spectrum
Network Layer
20. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access
spread-spectrum
star wired bus
Host
demilitarized zone
21. Each computer is connected to a central device
packet
star topology
10Base-T
Media Dependent Interface
22. SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol
network access method
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
port 25
23. Area above the ceiling tile or below the subfloor in a building
terminal
Network Time Protocol
CD-ROM File System
Plenum
24. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations
route
network monitor
Populated Segment
site policy
25. A specialized UN agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment
Quality of Service
ITU
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
POP3
26. Actual. how much data is transmitted during given time
Multistation Access Unit
transmit
throughput
Independent Computer Architecture
27. Helps you identify percentage of traffic that compromises broadcasts
radio frequency interference (RFI)
frequency
network monitor
netstat
28. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
Hyper text transfer protocol
Multimode fiber
digital dis
Frequency Division Multiplexing
29. An organization composed of more than 100 representatives from industry and government who together determine standards for the electronics industry in addition to other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering.
management services
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
intrusion correction
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
30. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
Bend Radius
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
EAPoL
signal bounce
31. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
Transport Layer
utp
OSI Reference to TCP
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
32. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
checksum
OSI
ISOC
33. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
telnet
Transport layer
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
topology
34. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
ISDN
Faulty network cable
HTTPS
Frequency Modulation
35. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
enticement
EMI
traceroute (tracert)
AUI
36. Device that separates a medium into multiple channels and issues signals to each of those subchannels
SONET
Address Resolution Protocol
Port 23
Multiplexer
37. Form of transmission that allows multiple signals to travel simultaneously over one medium
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Packets
Multiplexing
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
38. OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
Kerberos
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
39. A type of cabling that includes pairs of copper conductors - twisted around each other - inside a metal or foil shield. This type of medium can support faster speeds than unshielded wiring
TFTP
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Shielded Twised Pair
TCP/UDP
40. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
OSI Layer 1
DSSS
full duplex
vampire tap
41. Presentation Layer
Amplitude Modulation
OSI Layer 6
BGP
UDP
42. 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
MAN
Amplitude
LDAP
43. A type of multimode fiber-optic cable in which the light-based signals follow uniform curved routes inside the cable - resulting in signals that all arrive at the same time and with less long-distance distortion than step-index cable.
Independent Computer Architecture
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
full mesh
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
44. Service that supports email
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
communications services
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
plain old telephone service (POTS)
45. Anything - hardware or software - that monitors transmission of packets of digital information that attempt to pass the perimeter of a network
Internet Information Services
alarm clustering and compaction
firewall
serial
46. CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Network Layer
standard
twisted-pair cable
47. LLC
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Logical Link Control
route
tuning
48. Junction point between the MDF and concentrations of fewer connections; those that terminate in a telecommunications closet
enterprise network
Intermediate Distribution Frame
internetwork
POP3
49. Method of trasmitting data from a satellite
SIP
microwave
Incorrect cable type
Application Layer (Layer 7)
50. Unshielded twisted pair
evasion
utp
Network interface card (NIC)
1000base-sx