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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. GSNW
topology
ISO
SSID
Gateway Services for NetWare
2. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.
sequencing
Quality of Service
Host
internetwork
3. Specify clients configurations to adhere to this subnet
255.255.255.252
wavelength
PSTN
Crosstalk
4. Issue signals along a network medium
transmit
bandwidth
Post Office Protocol version 3
ISOC
5. Used by web browser and web servers to exchange files
Ethernet
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
physical layer device
Correct default gateway
6. Telecommunications industry association
Conduit
TIA
cp connection
15 hops
7. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
Ring topology
bandwidth
Repeater
ANSI
8. Decreasing the size of data units when moving data from a network that can handle larger units to one that can handle only smaller units
IEEE
segmentation
OSI
Transport Layer
9. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
5-4-3 rule
Class E Network
baseband
f type connector
10. Contains information that a wireless node needs to associate with an ap
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
beacon frame
Application Layer (Layer 7)
coaxial cable
11. Layer 2
Multiplexing
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
FDM
Data Link
12. NCP
NetWare Core Protocol
SFP
analog
modem
13. FTP - file transfer- control
mesh topology
installing cable
intrusion
port 21
14. Most resistant to EMI
IP (Internet Protocol)
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
fiber optic cable
Network Time Protocol
15. Signals composed ot pulses that can have a value of only 1 or 0
Transport layer
Digital
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
ppptp
16. Hub/repeaters
Conduit
statistical multiplexing
HTTP
physical layer device
17. Network configuration that allows selected outside organizations to access internal information systems.
Bit
extranet
f type connector
POTS
18. A variation of CHAP designed by Microsoft
Data Service Unit
MS-CHAP
transmit
bridge
19. Max size of data units on Ethernet networks
port 21
Correct subnet mask
1550bytes
full duplex
20. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
IP address within the assigned network
routing
full duplex
application protocol verification
21. Also called the star-wired bus topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
rj-11
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
star-bus hybrid topology
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
22. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
soft skills
File Transfer Protocol
Radio Waves
23. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
Primary Domain Controller
MAN
MMF
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
24. Core TCP/IP protocol that operates in the Network layer and provided information about how and where data should be delivered; subprotocol that enables TCP/IP to inernetwork
IP (Internet Protocol)
Ethernet
enterprise network
Attenuation
25. Unique identifying number for a network node; follows a hierarchical addressing scheme; can be assigned through OS software; added to data packets and interpreted by protocols at the Network layer
fractionalizing
network address
bridge
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
26. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data
connection oriented
Server
coax cable connector
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
27. Connector with 9 pins - commonly used in a serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
NetWare Loadable Module
Optical Loss
DB-9 connector
SMTP
28. What is a unique name that identifies an internet site called?
Domain Name
port 25
Latency
Serial
29. Manually specify on each workstation so that their users can pick up their internet email from the linux email server
Primary Domain Controller
SMTP server name
pathping
ADSL
30. Metropolitan area network
MAN
pppoe
Latency
message and circuit
31. CHAP
node
Access Control List
wavelength
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
32. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
ACK (acknowledgement)
CHAP
OSI Layer 5
RS-232
33. Hubs and switches work here
VPN
FDDI
Same Layer Interaction
Data Link
34. Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
fat pipe
S-HTTP
virture privat network (VPN)
Post Office Protocol version 3
35. Feeding everybody in building
true attack stimulus
fiber optic cable
computer network
omnidirectional antenna
36. Unit of data at any layer of the OSI model
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
PDU (protocol data unit)
Coaxial Cable
access point
37. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
multimeter
802.11
Firewall Filtering
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
38. Satellite used for broadband internet access
ITU
DNS
Computer network
geosynchronous
39. Wavelength division multiplexing
WDM
Frame
radio frequency interference (RFI)
802.5
40. Frequency division multiplexing
802.3
FDM
phase
Network
41. Network standard that can reliaby transmit data farthest
stateless firewall
Straight tip connector
POP (Post Office Protocol)
802.11n
42. Pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device
Open Shortest Path First
Connectors
bus topology
Presentation
43. Network File System
Data Link
Multimode fiber
NFS
OSI Layer 5
44. MT-RJ
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
Physical Layer
network class B
ethernet
45. Domain Name System
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Phase
DNS
46. Integrated digital network
ITU
isdn
MMF
Class B Network
47. HTTPS - Secure implementation of HTTP
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Presentation
router
port 443
48. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
Transport
802.2
port 25
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
49. Unit of data that results from subdividing a larger protocol data unit
netstat
segment
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
CSMA/CD
50. Network cable that contains pairs of insulated wires that are twisted together and surrounded by a shielding material for added EMI and RFI protection - all inside a protective jacket.
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
mesh topology
Simple Network Management Protocol
Network