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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The wave splits into secondary waves
Point-to-Point Protocol
diffraction
Presentation
NIC (Network Interface Card)
2. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
HTTP
phase
Noise
frequency
3. Domain Name System
Data Link
DNS
the higher the frequency
intrusion detection
4. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a node.
network class a
station
padded cell
Firewall Filtering
5. SONET
authentication
Synchronous Optical Network
IGMP
power over ethernet
6. Field in a frame responsible for ensuring that data carried by the frame arrives intact. Uses an algorithm - such as CRC - to accomplish verification
Secure Shell (SSH)
FCS (frame check sequence)
asymmetrical transmission
Session Layer (Layer 5)
7. A single physical/non-physical medium for connecting computers
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
IP Addressing
protocol
medium
8. IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer
Entrance Facilities
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
802.2
9. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Altenative name: 1000BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3ab - Cable type: copper max length 100m
IEEE
udp
incremental backup
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
10. FTP-Data - file transfer data
slip
Application
Port 20
Network News Transport Protocol
11. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.
traceroute (tracert)
OSI
Noise
encapsulation
12. ISDN
digital
rollover cable
FCS (frame check sequence)
Integrated Services Digital Network
13. Data Link Layer
Transport
port 53
computer network
Mac Addressing
14. Routing protocol has the poorest convergence time
voltage
crossover cable
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
RIP
15. Only two wire pairs are reversed
OSI Layer 4
Presentation
crossover cable
OSI
16. A digital communication service that uses the same network infrastructure as PSTN - but is expensive
ISDN
Conduit
Client
flow control
17. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
Serial
carrier sense
media access control (MAC)
TFTP
18. Nondata information that mus accompany data in order for a signal to be properly routed and interpreted by the network
Universal serial bus
OSI Reference to TCP
Overhead
where NICs operate
19. Multiplexing based on priority
physical media
statistical multiplexing
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
cross talk
20. Is part of theTCP/IP protcol suite and used to retrive e-mail from a remote server to a local client over a TCP/IP connection
Channel Service Unit
Class C Network
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
port 123
21. Fiber-optic cable used on a network backbone for high-speed communications - such as between floors of a building.
Braiding
baseband
t1 connection
fat pipe
22. HTTP/web/internet - change this port to make it more difficult for someone to connect to your web server
topology
port 80
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Baseband
23. Gives each node unique address
Transport
Analog
TFTP
SMF
24. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
analog dis
Frequency Division Multiplexing
nslookup
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
25. 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.
latency
star-wired ring topology
Presentation
noise
26. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
segment
User Datagram Protocol
Category 5e
27. A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services.
cat 5
host
Cable Plant
intrusion detection system (IDS)
28. RADIUS
dig (domain information groper)
communications media
ANSI
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
29. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
Repeater
honey pot
ring topology
API (application program interface)
30. A Data Link sublayer of the OSI model that initiates the communication link between nodes and ensures the link is not unintentionally broken.
logical link control (LLC)
session
Physical Layer
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
31. FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Layer 2 Forwarding
port 143
metropolitan area network (MAN)
32. Secure Sockets Layer
SSL
Network Time Protocol
simplex
half duplex
33. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission
Terminator
serial
ring topology
Basic Rate Interface
34. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IGMP
netstat
HTTP
Quality of Service
35. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
bandwidth
ESS
DHCP
extranet
36. Strength of digital signal
LAN
voltage
peer-to-peer network
802.3af
37. Radio frequency interference
Same Layer Interaction
microwave
ppptp
RFI
38. ACL
alarm filtering
Access Control List
ppptp
FDMA
39. 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
Mail Exchanger
power budget
socket
authentication
40. Network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems.
twisted-pair cable
media
extranet
binary
41. Application Layer
MAC address
Telnet
Half Duplex NIC Communication
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
42. Session Layer
Core
Network layer
wavelength
OSI Layer 5
43. Data jack
port 22
rj-45
where NICs operate
Universal serial bus
44. Glass or plastic shield around the core of a fiber-optic cable; reflects light back to the core in patterns that vary depending on the transmission mode
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Ethernet (characteristics)
Cladding
Device power unplugged
45. A term used to refer to data within the Data-link layer of the OSI model.
WDM
frame
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
protocol stack verification
46. Manages end-to-end delivery of data
transport layer
Crossover Cable
broadband
OSI Layer 5
47. CNAME
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Canonical Name
event viewer
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
48. NLM
encapsulation
overhead
NetWare Loadable Module
Regeneration
49. An IDPS that resides on particular computer or server (the host) and monitors activity only on that system. Also known as system integrity verifiers.
Localhost
Secure Copy Protocol
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
block ID
50. IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) sublayer of the data link layer
Conduit
twisted pair connector
802.3
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport