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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Is used to route electronic mail through the internetwork
honey net
terminator
Presentation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
2. Decreasing the size of data units when moving data from a network that can handle larger units to one that can handle only smaller units
Session layer
fiber optic cable
Universal serial bus
segmentation
3. Segment
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
service data unit (SDU)
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
Internet Connection Sharing
4. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
passive topology
half duplex
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Authentication Header
5. The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices connect
ASCII
Line Printer Remote
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
backbone
6. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Network Information Service
WDM
Half Duplex NIC Communication
7. T1
fiber optics
T-Carrier Level 1
modem
TDMA
8. Process by which attacker changes the format and/or timing of their activities to avoid being detected by the IDPS
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
evasion
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Regeneration
9. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible
FDDI
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
reassembly
analog dis
10. Ethernet NICs listen on network and wait until they detect no other nodes transmitting data
carrier sense
Structure
POP3
Firewall Filtering
11. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
POP3
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Physical
bandwidth
12. A thin coaxial cable usually RG-58
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
DNAT
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Half Duplex NIC Communication
13. Name Of Layer 6
power over ethernet
802.11n
Presentation
port 443
14. Which class of IP address would be allocated to a very large company?
Class A
link dead phase
fiber optic connector
bus topology
15. A route discovery and analysis utility that comes with UNIX and Linux operating systems. Mtr combines with functions of the ping and traceroute commands and delivers an easily readable chart as its output
star-bus hybrid topology
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
mtr (my traceroute)
MAN
16. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
port 80
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
PDU
802.11n
17. Presentation Layer
FF02
American Wire Gauge
ISP (Internet service provider)
OSI Layer 6
18. Transport Layer
Frequency
Segments
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
Workstation
19. Time division multiplexing
lpr filename
AM
TDM
statistical multiplexing
20. Application Layer
Client
transceiver
Client Software
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
21. Enables sharing remote drivers - Enables sharing remote printers - Handles e-mail messages - Provides file transfer services - Provides file management services - Provides terminal emulation
Electromagnetic Interference
leased line
Application Layer (Layer 7)
alert or alarm
22. Point of division between a telecommunications service carrier's network and a building's internal network
Internet Protocol
TFTP
IANA
Demarcation Point
23. Internet group management protocol
driver
IGMP
Server
RS-232
24. SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
port 25
port 143
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
25. FTP is an application that enables the transfer of data from one remote device to another - using TCP/IP
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Transmission media
Frames
26. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Faulty network cable
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
27. System founded on using 1s and 0s to encode information
Frequency Modulation
Port 23
transceiver
Binary
28. Two twisted wire pairs. It's the oldes type and is only voice grade - it isn't rated for data communication.
Category 1
RFI
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Simple Network Management Protocol
29. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings
TFTP
HTTP
Device power off
EIA/TIA
30. IMAP - internet message access protocol
port 143
where NICs operate
cp connection
10Gbase-t
31. Different upload/download speeds.
Topology
fragmentation
protocol
asymmetrical transmission
32. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Incorrect device drivers
application protocol verification
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
33. Regular voice-grade telephone service.
butt set
telnet
authentication
plain old telephone service (POTS)
34. Standard analog telephone system
Hubs
segmentation
Error Handling
PSTN
35. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
Domain Controller
Attenuation
Network File System (NFS)
MultiStation Access Unit
36. Why are web pages viewed using HTTP?
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Telnet
OSI Layer 6
37. Wrapping one layer's PDU with protocol information so that it can be interpreted by a lower layer
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
port 25
BSS
encapsulate
38. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
ISP (Internet service provider)
Class A
RADIUS
39. Routers use it to identify nodes belonging to a multicast group
5-4-3 rule
nslookup
IGMP
protocol
40. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed
Network
Post Office Protocol
TCP/IP protocol failure
Bit
41. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
MAC address
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
Secure Copy
Internet
42. Wavelength division multiplexing
UTP
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
analog adv
WDM
43. MAC address
physical address
Local area network (LAN)
Internet
back door
44. DSU
Data Service Unit
ARP
internetwork
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
45. CSMA / CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Data Link (Layer 2)
API (application program interface)
Backbone
46. A network that links multiple LANs in a large city or metropolitan region.
Active Directory
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
SMF
ANSI
47. Network news transfer protocol
EIA
NNTP
Internet Key Exchange
Network
48. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
bandwidth
ATM
OSI
Virtual Private Network
49. IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
network layer
ICMP
whois
50. A data link protocol used for remote networking that is rarely used today.
IGMP
SLIP
Canonical Name
Network File System (NFS)