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IT: Networking Vocab

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1. Vulnerability created in a system by a virus or worm which allows the attacker to access the system at will with special privileges.






2. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.






3. A network that any user can access with no restrictions. the most familiar example of a public network is the Internet






4. Fiber Distributed Data Interface






5. It enables the sending node to obtain the MAC address of the intended recipient before packets are sent.






6. Services that allow remote users to connect to the network






7. 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.






8. Hackers sending emails to make it look like its legit and its actually dangerous to the workstation






9. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end






10. A term used to refer to data within the Network layer of the OSI model.






11. A specially configured connection on a network device that is capable of viewing all the traffic that moves through the entire device.






12. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps






13. Security measure verifies that your user name and password are contained in the NOS directory






14. The capacity to send and receive signals at the same time on the same medium.






15. The communication between two networking devices for the purposes of the functions defined at a particular layer of a networking model - with the communication happening by using a header defined by that layer of the model. The two devices set values






16. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?






17. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued






18. IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer






19. A private network that functions like a tunnel though a large network-such as the Internet or an enterprise network-that is restricted to designated member clients only.






20. Service that supports email






21. Communications cable that has no shielding material between the pair of insulated wires twisted together and the cable's outside jacket.






22. Internet group management protocol






23. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






24. SSH - secure shell






25. Occurs when attacker attempts to gain entry or disrupt normal operations of information systems - almost always with intent to do harm






26. Running system for a while to track types of false positives it generates and then adjusting IDPS alarm classifications






27. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet






28. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic






29. A type of fiber optic cable connector that uses a mechanism similar to the BNC connectors used by Thinnet






30. Tool used to determine whether a customers line is obtaining dial tone from the CO






31. Which class of IP address would be allocated to a very large company?






32. Progress of a wave over a time in a relationship






33. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings






34. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously






35. Default subnet mask for 154.13.44.87






36. Serial internet protocol






37. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.






38. Physical Layer






39. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices






40. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cable that runs between network equipment rooms - floors - and buildings.






41. Individual insulated wire pairs - less expensive then STP - less resistant to noise






42. A service on a node






43. Requires CSU/DSU-the connection point for a t1 live at customers site






44. Segment






45. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP






46. On a network using the MIcrosoft Internet Connections Sharing service - the computer whose Internet connection other computers share. The ICS host must contain two network interfaces: one that connects to the Internet and one that connects to the LAN






47. Shielded twisted pair






48. A remote connection where the client computer is a low-end computer that communicates with a terminal server.






49. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.






50. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.