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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
f type connector
telnet
attenuation
beacon frame
2. Transport Layer
physical media
Hyper text transfer protocol
Flow Control
Presentation
3. Name Of Layer 1
VPN
Client Software
topology
Physical
4. A service used via the Application layer to recognize and access other layers
power budget
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
SDU
redirector
5. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?
IP Address
event viewer
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
LC connector
6. Standard analog telephone system
FTP
FDMA
IP address within the assigned network
PSTN
7. Device that boosts - or strengthens - and analog signal
802.5
Amplifier
Subscriber connector
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
8. For fiber-optic cable communications - the difference between the transmitted power and the receiver sensitivity - as measured in decibels. It is the minimum transmitter power and receiver sensitivity needed for a signal to be sent and received fully
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
power budget
10Gbase-t
Physical
9. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
Single Mode Fiber
DSSS
active scanning
BOOTP
10. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
T-Carrier Level 1
fiber optic cable
Networking Model
802.11
11. Physical Layer
Repeaters
Internet
Plenum
terminator
12. IMAP4
passive topology
link establishment phase
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
padded cell
13. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
centralized control strategy
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Block ID
active scanning
14. An organization composed of more than 100 representatives from industry and government who together determine standards for the electronics industry in addition to other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering.
baseband
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
evasion
15. Subgroup of EIA that focuses on standards for information technology - wireless - satellite - fiber optics - and telephone equipment; best known for network cable installation guidelines (TIA/EIA 568-B Series)
flow control
NIC drivers
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
beacon frame
16. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
10base-t
FTP
network interface card (NIC)
route
17. Model for understanding and developing computer-to-computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers
PING
ACK (acknowledgement)
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Port 20
18. Hubs and switches work here
TIA
Data Link
Client Software
binary
19. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
spread-spectrum
ANSI
FHSS
public network
20. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
media access control (MAC)
Transport
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
routing
21. The most widely-used protocol that manages notes posted on usenet newsgroups
kereberos
physical media
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
link dead phase
22. Hardware address of the network interface card
MAC
Unshielded twisted pair
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
802.2
23. CHAP
Baseband
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
isdn
24. Physical Layer
Physical
perimeter
Connectors
OSI Layer 1
25. Physical Layer
Network
Twister Pair Cable
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
26. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
ITU
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
802.11n
27. Which protocol is responsible for routing packets around the network?
Internet Protocol
attenuation
Group Policy Object
standby UPS
28. Packet internet groper
PING
utp
ring topology
Transmission Control Protocol
29. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
RIP
ANSI
Noise
Data Link
30. A variation of CHAP designed by Microsoft
MS-CHAP
BGP
Zero Configuration
Demultiplexer
31. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
Category 5e
ACK (acknowledgement)
tunneling
crimping tool and wore stripper
32. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
SMTP
telephone connector
service data unit (SDU)
port 443
33. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
Incorrect cable type
Hyper text transfer protocol
Conduit
device address
34. Data circuit-terminating equipment. multiplexer or modem
1000base-lx
vampire tap
DCE
whois
35. Resistance that contributes to controlling an electrical signal; measured in ohms
bandwidth
passive scanning
Impedance
DB-25 connector
36. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
ISDN
Access Control List
Unshielded twisted pair
tunneling
37. A TCP/IP troubleshooting utility that provides information about NetBIOs names and their addresses. If you know the NetBIOs name of a workstation - you can use nbtstat to determine its IP address
OSI model
nbtstat
medium
WAN
38. Traces path from one network node to another - identifying all intermediate hops b/w two nodes
tracert
thin client computing
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
workstation
39. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
enticement
SMTP
RTT
fiber optics
40. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
Gateway Services for NetWare
Application
intrusion detection
41. IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
fully distributed control strategy
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
Broadcast
42. Field in a frame responsible for ensuring that data carried by the frame arrives intact. Uses an algorithm - such as CRC - to accomplish verification
physical address
overhead
MAN
FCS (frame check sequence)
43. RDP
protocol
nslookup
Remote Desktop Protocol
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
44. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.
Physical Layer
Backup Domain Controller
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Network Switching
45. Braided metal shielding used to insulate some types of coaxial cable
presentation layer
SNMP
Braiding
noise
46. Also called the star-wired ring topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
Server
star-ring hybrid topology
entrance facilities
47. Security for https://
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
physical layer
media access control (MAC)
SSL
48. Allows you and eight coworkers to share a single internet routable IP address
backbone
Plenum
Alien Cross Talk
DNAT
49. MMF
American Wire Gauge
IEEE
MultiMode Fiber
BOOTP
50. Transport Layer
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
router
TCP port 23
OSI Layer 4