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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Also called the star-wired bus topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
star-bus hybrid topology
telephone connector
LAN
packet
2. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
dig (domain information groper)
Local Connector
3. Shielded twisted pair
communications services
stp
star-wired bus topology
OSI Layer 3
4. Network Layer
Frequency Division Multiplexing
reflection
Local area network (LAN)
OSI Layer 3
5. Which protocol is responsible for routing packets around the network?
Subnetmask
port 110
802.3
Internet Protocol
6. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility
honey pot
Peer-to-peer network
Main Distribution Frame
Authentication Header
7. Honey pot that has been protected so it cannot be easily compromised
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
padded cell
Near End Cross Talk
Transport Layer
8. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
wide area network (WAN)
Integrated Services Digital Network
link dead phase
directional antennas
9. Anything - hardware or software - that monitors transmission of packets of digital information that attempt to pass the perimeter of a network
Physical layer
firewall
Internet
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
10. International society composed of engineering professionals - promotes development and education in the electrical engineering and computer fields
Internet Relay Chat
Bit-Error Rate Test
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
11. CNAME
Half Duplex NIC Communication
Canonical Name
overhead
alarm clustering and compaction
12. Any end device on the network (for example: computers - printers - copy machines...)
Patch Panel
802.11a
node
Electrical Signaling
13. Telnet
Port 23
connectivity device
incremental backup
Secure Shell (SSH)
14. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.
presentation layer
asynchronous comunications
checksum
CSMACD
15. IPSec
Packets
Internet Protocol Security
Ethernet
ATU-R
16. IRC
subnetting purpose
Internet Relay Chat
point to multipoint
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
17. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
port 53
ICAN
Internet
subnetting purpose
18. Every node on the network is connected through a central device like a switch - cannot be disabled by a single malfunction in a workstation - scalable - - popular - expensive - cable malfunction will only effect 2 workstations - more fault tolerant.
star topology
OSI Layer 1
port 53
Mail Exchanger
19. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
ISDN
fiber optic cable
Wide area network (WAN
EIA/TIA
20. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network
802.11g
Optical Loss
Connectors
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
21. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
OSI
Half Duplex NIC Communication
Flow Control
Application Layer
22. Name Of Layer 6
Physical
Decapsulation
Networking Model
Presentation
23. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
route
ISOC
lpr filename
Application Layer
24. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
network class B
802.3
signal
Network Behavior Analysis
25. Application Layer
broadcast storm
STP
Telnet
bandwidth
26. The number of times a signal's amplitude changes over a fixed period of time - expressed in cycles per second - Hz
Conduit
Transport
NIC
Frequency
27. PAP
transport layer
Password Authentication Protocol
AM
plain old telephone service (POTS)
28. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
Mesh topology
pppoe
FM
SONET
29. RDP
network monitor
social engineering
Remote Desktop Protocol
association
30. Physical layer. 10 giga bit throughput. baseband transmission. twisted pair. max length is 100 meters. cat 6 or 7.
rollover cable
ESS
10Gbase-t
Microbrowser
31. Point to point protocol
802.2
CRC
ppp
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
32. A TCP/Ip troubleshooting utility that displays statistics and the state of current TCP/IP connections. It also displays ports - which can signal whether services are using the correct ports.
Ethernet (characteristics)
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Physical Layer
netstat
33. Each node is connected to the two nearest nodes so that the entire network forms a circle - active - twisted pair of fiber optic - single malfunction in workstation can disable entire network - not flexible or scalbe
100base-tx
NIC
network access method
ring topology
34. OU
Organizational Unit
association
headened
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
35. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
asynchronous comunications
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
slip
management services
36. Transport Layer
t1 connection
TCP/UDP
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
::1
37. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
media
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Network interface card (NIC)
38. Which layer in the OSI is responsible for routing and controling the flow of packets around the network?
twisted-pair cable
node
ring topology
Network Layer
39. Wireless standard
802.11
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
Presentation
trap and trace
40. Facilities necessary for a service provider to connect with another organization LAN or WAN
Multistation Access Unit
Patch Panel
Entrance Facilities
Plenum
41. 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
OSI Layer 2
802.3
DTE
42. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
Network Information Service
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
token
analog adv
43. Physical Layer
NIC
network class C
Protocol Data Unit
OSI Layer 1
44. Cross talk with 2+ wires
Service Set Identifier
Multiplexer
radio frequency interference (RFI)
alien cross talk
45. IS designed for the exchange of electronic mail between networked systems -such as between mail servers over a TCP/IP network
false attack stimulus
attenuation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
DCE
46. Process of directing a datagram from its source through an internetwork to its destination using the most efficient path.
SONET
routing
full mesh
WAN Connectivity
47. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
baseband
Full-Duplex
ADSL
Half Duplex NIC Communication
48. PDC
FF02
Primary Domain Controller
OSI Layer 7
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
49. A switchhing method that creates separte channels on one communication medium by establishing different frequencies for each channel.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
Segment
Terminator
50. Binary values for each bit position
intrusion prevention
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
MAC sublayer
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1