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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
Application Layer (Layer 7)
Regeneration
modem
Network Layer (Layer 3)
2. A switching method that enables multiple devices to communicate over the same commnications medium by creating time slots in which each device transmits.
BOOTP
Adjacent Layer Interaction
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
connectionless
3. Network Layer
OSI Reference to TCP
Routing
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
connectionless
4. Domain Name System
OSI Layer 5
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
DNS
Intermediate Distribution Frame
5. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
PDU
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
reflection
Broadband
6. A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network
FDDI
Class D Network
Virtual private network (VPN)
Extended Network Prefix
7. Signals on bus that would travel endlessly between two nodes
Repeaters
switch
signal bounce
stateful firewall
8. A command-line utility that combines the functionality of the tracert and ping commands (similar to UNIX's mtr command) and comes with Windows XP - Vista - and Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008
pathping
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
terminal
9. Application Layer
FTP
evasion
Serial
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
10. Provides services for applications
Presentation
Application
connection
packet filtering - application proxy
11. Process of breaking large packets into smaller packets.
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
backbone
fragmentation
switch
12. Is a challenge respone authentication protocol
CHAP
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
false attack stimulus
Star topology
13. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
impedance
application protocol verification
frame
14. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz.
Category 5
active scanning
User Datagram Protocol
Session
15. Point of division between a telecommunications service carrier's network and a building's internal network
NetBIOs
Demarcation Point
DSL
IANA
16. Attacker who utilizes tactics designed to trip the organization's IDPS - essentially causing the organization to conduct its own DoS attack - but overreacting to an actual - but insignificant - attack.
ASCII
IDPS terrorist
Backup Domain Controller
supernet
17. Maximum arc into which you can loop a cable before you will cause data transmission errors
directional antennas
Bend Radius
connectivity device
leased line
18. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal
spread-spectrum
Quality of Service
SSL
network class C
19. 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
supernet mask
Transport layer
passive topology
collision
20. Cause by length - loss of signals as it travels farther away
attenuation
Coaxial Cable
1000base-t
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
21. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued
Apple File Protocol
baseband
Serial
protocol stack verification
22. (WIde area network) Carry networks longer distances than Lans
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
Phase
Internet Protocol Security
WAN
23. Transport Layer
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Shielded Twised Pair
Flow Control
satellite
24. Local area network
LAN
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
firewall
satellite
25. RAS
cat 5
Remote Access Service
EMI
LLC
26. Term that describes current anti-intrusion technologies
Line Printer Daemon
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
packet filtering - application proxy
MultiStation Access Unit
27. Data only
goodput
block ID
Transport Layer
server
28. Works closely with IP in providing error and control information - by allowing hosts to exchange packet status information to help move the packets along the internetwork
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Transport Layer
true attack stimulus
29. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission
Local Connector
10BASE5 Limit
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
30. Internet Layer
LDAP
partially distributed control strategy
Point-to-Point
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
31. Digital subscriber line- support multiple data and voice channels over a single line - extraordinary throughput though telephone lines
Secure Shell
Domain Name
DSL
Transport
32. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In
Segment
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
intrusion correction
ICS host
33. Application Layer
IANA
Network
encapsulation
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
34. The shorter the wavelength
ISP (Internet service provider)
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
host
the higher the frequency
35. An International organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that play a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
node
NTP
Data Link layer
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
36. A transport system that uses the CSMA/CD access method for data transmission on a network. Typically it is implemented in a bus or star-bus hybrid topology.
carrier sense
Client Software
Ethernet
SSID
37. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
crimping tool and wore stripper
Noise
connectionless
802.3
38. Assigning a placeholder to each piece of a block of data to allow the receiving node's Transport layer to reassemble the data in the correct order
ethernet
SMF
Repeater
sequencing
39. NLM
coaxial cable
NetWare Loadable Module
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
confidence value
40. QoS
multiplexing
Quality of Service
attenuation
Network Information Service
41. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
SMF
Correct default gateway
IGMP
protocol
42. Ethernet NICs listen on network and wait until they detect no other nodes transmitting data
Bandwidth
fingerprinting
carrier sense
whois
43. The physical layout of the cable and wireless network devices and the logical path followed by network frames and packets sent on the cable or by wireless transmissions
client
topology
IP (Internet Protocol)
Line Printer Remote
44. Network device that makes high-level application connections on behalf of internal hosts and other machines
authentication
proxy server
CSMA/CA
partially distributed control strategy
45. 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.
Network Behavior Analysis
NAT (Network Address Translation)
rj-11
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
46. A type of cable used in network wiring and is usually shielded - which means that it is more immune to interference then unshielded cables
Coaxial Cable
IDPS terrorist
access services
port 53
47. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
mesh topology
communications services
HTTP
802.3
48. Gives each node unique address
bandwidth
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Transport
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
49. Data Link Layer
nslookup
Mac Addressing
backbone
Session
50. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations
Management Information Base
Populated Segment
Client Software
IP address within the assigned network