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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. HDLC
Amplifier
High-Level Data Link Control
partially distributed control strategy
SMTP server name
2. Transport layer protocol that services a request without requiring a verified session and without guaranteeing delivery data
connectionless
node
Near End Cross Talk
port 143
3. The NIC and network equipment are set up so that they have the capacity to send and receive simultaneously. which is possible because od buffering at the NIC.
hub
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Full Duplex NIC Communication
firewall
4. Is a file transfer protocol that uses s ecure shell (SSH)
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
::1
Application Layer
5. Layer 5
Session
workstation
false negative
SMTP
6. A system of computers - printer devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
event viewer
computer network
ppptp
SIP
7. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
MAC address
NetWare Directory Services
network access method
Wide area network (WAN
8. Transport Layer
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
digital
TCP/UDP
standby UPS
9. Nondata info that must accompany data for it to be properly routed. addition to data
overhead
fading
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Data Service Unit
10. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
lpr filename
5-4-3 rule
WAN
LDAP
11. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
Round Trip Time
Category 1
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
12. Area above the ceiling tile or below the subfloor in a building
ITU
Plenum
CSMA/CD
T-Carrier Level 1
13. Maximum arc into which you can loop a cable before you will cause data transmission errors
Password Authentication Protocol
MAN
LLC
Bend Radius
14. The process of determining the best path from Point A on one network to Point B on another
Extended Network Prefix
crossover cable
footprinting
routing
15. Telecommunications industry association
TIA
Entrance Facilities
NIC drivers
Session
16. Narrow core - light travels in one path - longest distance - more expensive then MMF
NetWare Directory Services
SMF
BSS
TFTP
17. # of times that waves amplitude cycles - hertz
frequency
Domain Controller
Presentation
digital dis
18. VPN
Basic Rate Interface
Virtual Private Network
NIC drivers
analog signal
19. Divides channel into different time slots and assigns data to nodes who are attached to time slots
TDM
workstation
crossover cable
Intermediate Distribution Frame
20. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
Firewall configured correctly
Repeaters
IEEE
21. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
serial
synchronous communications
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Presentation
22. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings
ANSI
EIA
Secure Shell (SSH
EIA/TIA
23. Transport protocol and TCP/IP port that uses telnet utility use
TCP port 23
Category 6
access services
attenuation
24. Segment
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
Faulty network cable
Crossover Cable
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
25. RJ 11
telephone connector
Round Trip Time
Main Distribution Frame
Internet
26. A specialized UN agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment
LAN
Data Link
Application Layer
ITU
27. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
PAP
ATM
enticement
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
28. System founded on using 1s and 0s to encode information
Binary
ACK (acknowledgement)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
digital dis
29. Ensures that messages being transmitted on the internet are private and tamper proof
ACK (acknowledgement)
fixing attenuation
physical layer
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
30. Tracks running and graphing data from any workstations. should ensure that new routers and switches can support it in order to easily automate network management
driver
SNMP
TCP/UDP
broadcast storm
31. Layer 4
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
Data Service Unit
NFS
Transport
32. Standard that describes a security technique - wireless networks - in which a port is prevented from receiving traffic until the transmitters credentials are verified by authentication server
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
UTP
stp
EAPoL
33. Regular voice-grade telephone service.
addressing
Physical layer
terminal
plain old telephone service (POTS)
34. A permanent telephone connection between 2 locations that provide a predetermined amount of bandwidth at all times
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
IGMP
leased line
single-mode fiber-optic cable
35. Physical layer. 10 mpbs throughput. baseband transmission. max length is 100 meters. follows 5-4-3 rule. star topology. cat 3 or higher utp. twisted pair.
mtr (my traceroute)
Half-Duplex
MAN
10base-t
36. Device that separates multiplexed signals once they are received and regenerates them in their original form
ITU
Transport
PING
Demultiplexer
37. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol
ethernet
Ethernet (characteristics)
Presentation
TCP/IP
38. MT-RJ
DHCP
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
MS-CHAP
39. AH
full mesh
Authentication Header
VPN
Network Switching
40. LC - ST - SC - or MT RJ
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
fiber optic connector
public network
frame
41. BootP
latency
Multiplexer
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
42. Guarantees that a server continually has power even if a buildings electrical service is interrupted - continuous voltage to a device by switching virtually instantaneously to the battery when it detects loss of power
standby UPS
POP3
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
43. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
multiprotocol label switching
standard
ANSI
goodput
44. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6
coaxial cable
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
star-wired ring topology
networks enable users to share resources
45. A unit of data transmitted on a network that contains control and address information corresponding to the OSI Data Link layer - or Layer 2.
frame
PDU
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
star topology
46. Media access control
MAC
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
WAN
public network
47. Largest data unit a network will accept for transmission
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
DCE
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
statistical multiplexing
48. Digital subscriber line- support multiple data and voice channels over a single line - extraordinary throughput though telephone lines
GBIC
route
DSL
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
49. Internet assigned numbers authority
evasion
Network Information Service
server
IANA
50. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
service data unit (SDU)
Amplitude Modulation
application protocol verification
star-bus hybrid topology