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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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1. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.






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






3. LDAP






4. Provides FTP - HTTP - SMTP...






5. Large networks 1-126






6. Provides Internet access and/or other services such as email and Web hosting






7. Network-max segment length-100 meters






8. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a node.






9. 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






10. 6th layer; protocols translate between Application and Network layers; data are formatted so that the network can understand - with the format varying according to the type of network; manages data encryption and decryption - such as scrambling of sy






11. NTP - network time protocol






12. Network Layer






13. The wave splits into secondary waves






14. LPR






15. MDIX






16. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds






17. MX






18. POP3






19. A single physical/non-physical medium for connecting computers






20. A type of cabling that includes pairs of copper conductors - twisted around each other - inside a metal or foil shield. This type of medium can support faster speeds than unshielded wiring






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






22. RAS






23. Assigning a placeholder to each piece of a block of data to allow the receiving node's Transport layer to reassemble the data in the correct order






24. The 100BaseVG/100VG-AnyLAN approach abandon the CSMA/CD transmission technique for one called demand priorTity.






25. Open Systems Interconnection model is standard description or reference model for how messages should be transmitted between any 2 points in a telecommunications network.






26. 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.






27. OSPF






28. Method of gauging the appropriate rate of data transmission based on how fast he recipient can accept data






29. The organized research of the Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization.






30. Point to point protocol






31. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers






32. Best fault tolerance






33. Manages end-to-end delivery of data






34. IEEE standard for error and flow control in data frames






35. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack






36. Measure of frequency equivalent to the number of amplitude cycles per second






37. 7th layer; protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network






38. Voltage is varied and imprecise - more susceptible






39. Physical layer. 100 mpbs throughout. baseband transmission. cat 5 or higher utp. max length is 100 meters. two wire twisted pair-full duplexing.






40. CRAM-MD5






41. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility






42. Ppp tunneling protocol






43. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system






44. Device that separates multiplexed signals once they are received and regenerates them in their original form






45. Layer 3 Troubleshooting






46. IIS






47. Virture privat network






48. What is an agreed set of rules that two parties agree on in order to communicate with each other commanly known as?






49. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service






50. Public switched telephone network