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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
IANA
logical address
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
packet
2. Not individually insulated but shielded. use when there is noise.
application protocol verification
Network Switching
A Protocol
STP
3. Theoretical. difference b/w highest and lowest frequency.
RAS
Faulty network cable
High-Level Data Link Control
bandwidth
4. NCP
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
NetWare Core Protocol
node
ports
5. Set of routines that make up part of a software application
Internet Connection Sharing
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
API (application program interface)
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
6. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1
Network layer
binary
HTTPS
Gigabit Ethernet
7. Central component of a cable designed to carry a signal
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
multiple access
Fast Ethernet
Core
8. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal
plain old telephone service (POTS)
isdn
noise
POTS
9. 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.
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
IEEE
fiber optic cable
asynchronous comunications
10. The act of hacking into a hacker's system to find out as much as possible about the hacker
Internet
multiplexing
back hack
Amplitude Modulation
11. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Transport
Hertz
Segment
12. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
Channel Service Unit
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
EAP
Multiplexer
13. Network-max segment length-100 meters
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
fixing cross talk
10Base-T
RealVNC
14. Prevents broadcast storms by enabling switches to calculate paths that avoid potential loops and artificially block the links that would complete a loop
fault tolerance
STP
Layer 2 Forwarding
port 80
15. Transport Layer
Firewall Filtering
Private Network
port 53
Ethernet
16. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
FDM
Transport layer
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Service Set Identifier
17. HTTPS - Secure implementation of HTTP
Full-Duplex
port 443
MS-CHAP
Server
18. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
ACK (acknowledgement)
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
SDU
routing
19. An Application layer protocol used to retrieve messages from a mail server. When a client retrieves mail via POP - messages previously stored on the mail server are downloaded to the client's workstation - and then deleted from the mail server.
TDMA
POP (Post Office Protocol)
802.16
node
20. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cable that runs between network equipment rooms - floors - and buildings.
backbone cabling
Network File System (NFS)
1000base-lx
reassembly
21. Receives a signal on one end - interprets it as 0 & 1 - then generates a new clean signal on the other end.
Repeater
Frequency Division Multiplexing
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
ASCII
22. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical
where NICs operate
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
SMF
ports
23. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network
thin client computing
Optical Loss
enticement
network class B
24. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
client/server
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
ppptp
10BASE5 Limit
25. Faster networking and inexpensive - flexible - easy to install
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
router
twisted shielded pair
trap and trace
26. You may set up a web server on companys access server - allowing global connections - for employees to access
fiber optic cable
demilitarized zone
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
star-ring hybrid topology
27. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
TCP/IP protocol failure
subnetting purpose
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Application Layer (Layer 7)
28. Local area network
LAN
FM
Packet
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
29. F type (like TV cable) or BNC (crimped)
false negative
Hubs
Network interface card (NIC)
coax cable connector
30. Strategy in which all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
Internet Connection Sharing
fully distributed control strategy
Same Layer Interaction
firmware
31. Packet one node sends to request a connection with another; 1st of three-step process of establishing a connection
802.11
soft skills
Point-to-Point Protocol
SYN (syncronization)
32. 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
Same Layer Interaction
fault tolerance
link quality monitoring
CSU/DSU
33. Simple Network Management Protocol
Frequency Division Multiplexing
SNMP
isdn
modem
34. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and forwards them to the correct section of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub and a switch.
addressing
router
tunneling
Common Internet File System
35. VPN
Fault tolerance
CSMA/CA
Virtual Private Network
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
36. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Overhead
Block ID
narrowband
37. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
802.3
Fast Ethernet
Device power unplugged
connectionless
38. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system
private network
Secure Copy
Workstation
Bit
39. AM
intrusion
IANA
Subnetmask
Amplitude Modulation
40. A type of interference that occurs when two LAN cables run close to each other. If one cable is carrying a signal and the other isn't - the one carrying a signal will induce a 'ghost' signal in the other cable
DNS
Crosstalk
Peer-to-peer network
Cable Plant
41. Hardware that constitutes the enterprise-wide cabling system
Cable Plant
OSI Reference to TCP
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
42. Any end device on the network (for example: computers - printers - copy machines...)
serial
node
point to multipoint
fading
43. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and passes them on to other parts of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub.
switch
NIC
passive topology
Core Gateway
44. The oldest type of network design with - this topology consist fo multiple nodes attached to a central hub - switch - or router.
ssl
LDAP
star topology
Physical layer
45. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
PDU
Internet Protocol
fiber optic cable
Independent Computer Architecture
46. Term that describes current anti-intrusion technologies
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
ports
intrusion prevention
intrusion detection system (IDS)
47. ADSL
Protocol Data Unit
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Application Layer
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
48. Name Of Layer 6
synchronous communications
ethernet
Presentation
Noise
49. International society composed of engineering professionals with goals of promoting development and education in the electrical engineering and computer science fields
IEEE
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
lpr filename
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
50. A transmission method that has distinct signal levels to represent binary zeroes or ones - such as +5 volts and 0 volts.
digital
netstat
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Transport Layer