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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. American national standards institute
headened
ANSI
dig (domain information groper)
Session
2. 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.
Subscriber connector
IP address within the assigned network
NAT (Network Address Translation)
802.5
3. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end
Terminator
synchronous communications
omnidirectional antenna
digital dis
4. SFTP
reflection
peer-to-peer network
Secure File Transfer Protocol
carrier sense
5. LPR
logical address
Line Printer Remote
ITU
Broadband
6. What is a unique name that identifies an internet site called?
cabeloco
firewall
Domain Name
f type connector
7. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
application protocol verification
NIC drivers
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Protocol
8. Packet
terminator
NetWare Directory Services
Terminator
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
9. HDLC
multiprotocol label switching
High-Level Data Link Control
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
FDDI
10. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.
horizontal cabling
Canonical Name
supernet
router
11. A 32 bit number that - when combined with a device's IP address - indicates the kind of supernet to which the device belongs.
EAP
protocol
TFTP
supernet mask
12. Modulation technique in which the amplitude of the carrier signal is modified by the application of a data signal
reflection
evasion
IEEE
Amplitude Modulation
13. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
token
Incorrect cable type
satellite
port 53
14. What is an agreed set of rules that two parties agree on in order to communicate with each other commanly known as?
A Protocol
POP3
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Network
15. Wireless standard
Error Handling
Network
token
802.11
16. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system
star wired bus
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Bit
Session Layer (Layer 5)
17. Nondata info that must accompany data for it to be properly routed. addition to data
HTTPS
Remote Access Service
Session
overhead
18. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
packet
GBIC
port 80
Line Printer Daemon
19. Transport Layer
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
SFP
cat 5
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
20. Multimode fiber
MMF
Segments
SDU
flow control
21. A versatile - chainable serial-bus technology that connects up to 127 devices at speeds of 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps as well as 480 Mbps.
Universal serial bus
Attenuation
Optical Loss
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
22. T1
confidence value
T-Carrier Level 1
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
fading
23. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable
bandwidth
broadband
Packets
LC connector
24. The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every node on a network
tuning
addressing
RARP
802.16
25. GSNW
Client
Gateway Services for NetWare
f type connector
token ring
26. Signal interference caused by magnetic force field generated by electrical devices such as motors.
OSI Layer 2
S-HTTP
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Application
27. Name Of Layer 6
Presentation
switch
Full Duplex NIC Communication
Segments
28. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP
VPN
Internet Information Services
BGP
BSS
29. Networking technology developed at Xerox in the 70s and improved by Digital Equipment Corp - Inel - and Xerox. Most common form of network transmission - follows IEEE 802.3 standard
RS-232
GBIC
Ethernet
star topology
30. Process of breaking large packets into smaller packets.
logical address
fragmentation
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
cable plant
31. POE standard
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
Network
Domain Name
802.3af
32. Contains information that a wireless node needs to associate with an ap
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
beacon frame
UTP
Repeater
33. Also called the star-ring hybrid - topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
Frequency Modulation
star-wired ring topology
STP
false attack stimulus
34. Name Of Layer 1
Cross Talk
Ring topology
Physical
Data Link layer
35. Failure of an IDPS to react to an actual attack event
connectionless
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
false negative
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
36. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Transmission Control Protocol
Block ID
nbtstat
LLC
37. PPTP
Incorrect device drivers
intrusion
Network
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
38. Satellite used for broadband internet access
geosynchronous
SNMP
intrusion detection
ATU-R
39. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
Virtual Private Network
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
inline sensor
40. MAC Protocols
stateless firewall
Incorrect device drivers
Byte
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
41. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
FDM
phase
carrier sense
42. IEEE standard for token ring devices and data handling
802.5
Line Printer Remote
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Server
43. Strategy in which all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
Hyper text transfer protocol
fully distributed control strategy
Network Switching
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
44. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients
host
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
802.11n
fiber-optic cables
45. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic
T-Carrier Level 1
RTS/CTS
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
router
46. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility
Session
ring topology
packet filtering - application proxy
Main Distribution Frame
47. LPD
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
TDMA
AM
Line Printer Daemon
48. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.
IANA
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
power budget
Physical Layer
49. Cabling that transmit data using light waves. Higher bandwidth than other types of cabling.
fiber optics
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
supernet
Layer 2 Forwarding
50. 12 digits - A-F/0-9
SMTP
tracepath
MultiStation Access Unit
MAC address