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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Data jack
802.16
rj-45
Server
LAN
2. RAS
public network
Remote Access Service
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
CSMA/CA
3. 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
IP gateway in NAT
star topology
topology
File Transfer Protocol
4. A single physical/non-physical medium for connecting computers
Independent Computer Architecture
ICAN
medium
DB-25 connector
5. Signals travel in one direction
Secure Copy
NIC drivers
10BASE2 Limit
simplex
6. Layer 4 Troubleshooting
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Ferrule
bus topology
Firewall configured correctly
7. Coordinates and maintains communications between two nodes on the network
Application Layer
session layer
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
switch
8. Using part of a leased line
public network
fractionalizing
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Incorrect device drivers
9. Data Link Layer
Frames
Ethernet
Computer network
Internet Protocol version 4
10. An arm of the Internet Society (ISOC) that works on Internet-relateed technical issues.
DCE
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
physical layer device
OSI Reference to TCP
11. OU
IEEE
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
monitoring port (SPAN port)
Organizational Unit
12. A logical communication path established by the OSI Network layer for sending and receiving data.
AM
transceiver
virtual circuit
15 hops
13. Teflon-coated cable that is used in plenum area because it does not emit a toxic vapor when burned
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
Group Policy Object
plenum cables
Routing
14. (fix) if analog an amplifier or if digital with repeater
PING
TCP/UDP
Digital
fixing attenuation
15. Physical Layer
communications services
OSI Layer 1
switch
duplex
16. A computer on a network that requests services or resources from another computer on a network
Bend Radius
Internet
workstation
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
17. Unlicensed band with 11 channels
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
2.4-GHz band
Application Layer
Topology
18. NLM
horizontal cabling
Entrance Facilities
Ethernet
NetWare Loadable Module
19. Transport Layer
transceiver
Data Link
Domain Name
OSI Layer 4
20. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
modem
Adjacent Layer Interaction
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Access Control List
21. End-user device - such as a workstation - terminal - or console
Data Terminal Equipment
Network File System (NFS)
Full Duplex NIC Communication
enterprise network
22. IDPS that uses profiles to detect anomalous protocol behavior
Domain Controller
baseband
DHCP
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
23. Routes packets through network
Network
transceiver
Core
presentation layer
24. Internet protocol security-defines encryption - authentication - and key management for TCP/IP transmission
baseband
802.3
IPSec
amplitude
25. Which layer in the OSI is responsible for routing and controling the flow of packets around the network?
soft skills
Virtual private network (VPN)
1000base-t
Network Layer
26. Developed by ISO and ANSI - a model that providees a framework for networked hardware and software communication based on seven layers.
node
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
roaming
Internet Protocol
27. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
network
Ethernet
binary
EAP
28. Compresses
wide area network (WAN)
Presentation
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
port 80
29. Provides services for applications
Common Internet File System
roaming
Application
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
30. An error condition on a token ring network that indicates one or more nodes is not functioning.
topology
beaconing
Application Layer
checksum
31. Device that separates a medium into multiple channels and issues signals to each of those subchannels
segmentation
Multiplexer
NIC
802.16
32. Has 25 pins also commonly used with serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
MAC address
DB-25 connector
802.3
node
33. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.
redirector
dig (domain information groper)
footprinting
route
34. IPv4
star-wired ring topology
Domain Name System (DNS)
Internet Protocol version 4
fractionalizing
35. A computer that has its own CPU and may be used as a stand-alone computer for word processing - spreadsheet creation - or other software applications. It also may be used to access another computer such as another workstation or server via a network.
MAC
Workstation
Decapsulation
bandwidth
36. Serial internet protocol
power over ethernet
dedicated lines
slip
ESS
37. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
LDAP
SNMP
synchronous communications
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
38. TFTP - trivial file transfer protocol
port 69
Transport Layer
throughput
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
39. Ppp over ethernet
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
host
Remote Access Service
pppoe
40. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
star topology
point to multipoint
Block ID
WINS
41. Data Link sublayer that manages flow control
LLC
Internet Control Message Protocol
SNMP
Attenuation
42. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
EAP
Fault tolerance
SSID
SCP
43. ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
OSI Layer 4
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
power budget
44. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory
bus topology
Repeater
authentication
satellite
45. Provides th transfer medium (such as cable) - Translates data into a transmission signal appropriate to the transfer medium - Sends the signal along the transfer medium - Includes the pyical layout of the network - Monitors for transmission error - D
Server
logical link control (LLC)
connectivity device
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
46. Unit of data at any layer of the OSI model
topology
PDU (protocol data unit)
TFTP
ACK (acknowledgement)
47. Error detection and correction
Transport
UDP
Node
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
48. Routers work here
SLIP
ISDN
Network
RADIUS
49. RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Braiding
802.5
star-ring hybrid topology
50. Occurs when attacker attempts to gain entry or disrupt normal operations of information systems - almost always with intent to do harm
intrusion
MAC
ICMP
MAN