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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
Application
media
Server
PDU
2. Medium network 128-191
crossover cable
synchronous communications
SMF
Class B Network
3. DSU
cat 5
link quality monitoring
Data Service Unit
ATM
4. The process of connecting to a wireless network
CSMACD
synchronous communications
tunneling
association
5. Open System Interconnection
Client
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
router
OSI
6. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Gigabit Ethernet
RealVNC
Bus topology
7. International telecommunication Union
802.5
Application
DHCP
ITU
8. Service data unit
CIDR block
Domain Name System (DNS)
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
SDU
9. Service that supports email
API (application program interface)
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
10base-t
communications services
10. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.
enticement
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
passive scanning
Repeaters
11. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line
Data Link
analog signal
centralized control strategy
baseband
12. A standard method or format for communication between networked devices
protocol
netstat
Default Gateway
NetWare Core Protocol
13. Services that handle hardware diagnoses and failure alerts
Entrance Facilities
Frequency Modulation
management services
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
14. Application Layer
Incorrect cable type
10Gbase-t
SMTP
Line Printer Daemon
15. 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.
Bandwidth
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Ethernet
digital
16. Signal that uses variable voltage to create continuous waves - resulting in an inexact transmission
Analog
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Transport Layer
Single Mode Fiber
17. NTP - network time protocol
topology
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
port 123
bus topology
18. A type of transmission in which there are several transmission channels on a communications medium - allowing more than one node to transmit at the same time.
Data Link Layer
computer network
Improperly configured switch
broadband
19. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
Private Network
802.5
Braiding
20. Protocol data unit. An OSI term to refer generically to a grouping of information by a particular layer of the OSI model. More specifically - an LxPDU would imply the data and headers as defined by Layer x.
RealVNC
PDU
phase
link dead phase
21. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
tunneling
kereberos
ppp
network layer
22. Physical Layer
ISOC (Internet Society)
digital signal
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Electrical Signaling
23. 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
Populated Segment
encapsulate
topology
Session Layer
24. Regular voice-grade telephone service.
packet filtering - application proxy
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Transport Layer
25. Telephone jacks
Topology
PAP
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
rj-11
26. A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Application Layer
backbone
port 443
Internet
27. IDPS that uses profiles to detect anomalous protocol behavior
SMTP
RFI
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
bandwidth
28. Security for https://
mtr (my traceroute)
Line Printer Remote
SSL
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
29. Manually specify on each workstation so that their users can pick up their internet email from the linux email server
Bit-Error Rate Test
SMTP server name
NIC
butt set
30. Feeding everybody in building
omnidirectional antenna
GBIC
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Private Network
31. Application Layer
Optical Loss
Transport Layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
32. Method of data modulation in which the frequency of the carrier signal is modified by the application of the data signal
NIC drivers
802.5
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Frequency Modulation
33. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
Fault tolerance
L2TP
star topology
plenum area
34. CSU
DNS
HTTPS
Channel Service Unit
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
35. Hard-to-define skills such as dependability
ESS
soft skills
subnetting purpose
service data unit (SDU)
36. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems
nslookup
Transport layer
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
stateful protocol analysis (SPA) IDPS
37. The IEEE standard for broadband wireless metropolitan area networking (also known as WiMax)
tunneling
star-bus hybrid topology
peer-to-peer network
802.16
38. NLM
NetWare Loadable Module
tuning
Network News Transport Protocol
network layer
39. BERT
ACK (acknowledgement)
MS-CHAP
Bit-Error Rate Test
Network Switching
40. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end
topology
roaming
Workstation
Modem
41. A network that links multiple LAN's in large city or metropolitan region.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
MAC address
encapsulation
microwave
42. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
single-mode fiber-optic cable
bandwidth
physical address
reflection
43. Amplitude modulation-amplitude of signal is modified
AM
dig (domain information groper)
Incorrect cable type
isdn
44. NIS
Network Information Service
LLC
Device power off
Network
45. Speed: 10 Mbps - Alternative Name: 10BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3 - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100 meters
nbtstat
Ethernet (characteristics)
IEEE
ACK (acknowledgement)
46. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
1000base-sx
Loose network cable connection
47. Addresses packet size
Data Link
ethernet
addressing
802.5
48. The shorter the wavelength
Application Layer (Layer 7)
the higher the frequency
Media Converter
router
49. Equivalent to OSI Layer 7 Application - Layer 6 Presentation - Layer 5 Session
Class A Network
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
protocol data unit (PDU)
50. Functions at the network layer that add logical addresses and properly route data
Correct subnet mask
connectivity device
IEEE
protocol and services