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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Protocol used to transfer mail between a send mail server and microsoft exchange server
local area network (LAN)
POP3
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Point-to-Point
2. A form of address translation that uses Tcp port numbers to distinguish each client's transmission - thus allowing multiple clients to share a limited number of Internet-recognized IP addresses.
confidence value
ANDing
PAT (Port Address Translation)
host
3. Fiber-optic cable used on a network backbone for high-speed communications - such as between floors of a building.
session layer
Network
fat pipe
Backbone
4. Name Of Layer 6
Presentation
fractionalizing
FDDI
L2TP
5. An IDPS that resides on particular computer or server (the host) and monitors activity only on that system. Also known as system integrity verifiers.
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
phishing
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
Network
6. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
802.16
Password Authentication Protocol
CSMA/CD
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
7. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
MAN
OSI model
NIC
carrier sense
8. Signal interference caused by electrical devices that emit radio waves at the same frequency used by network signal transmissions.
route
intrusion detection system (IDS)
radio frequency interference (RFI)
encapsulation
9. IRC
Berkeley Software Distribution
SMTP
Internet Relay Chat
mesh topology
10. FTP - file transfer- control
port 21
BOOTP
15 hops
driver signing
11. Used by web browser and web servers to exchange files
Session
Common Internet File System
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Repeater
12. 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
SNMP
node
MAC
Correct default gateway
13. Port used during a domain name lookup
port 53
Internet Information Services
ESS
Basic Rate Interface
14. Form of transmission that allows multiple signals to travel simultaneously over one medium
network layer
Multiplexing
network class B
presentation layer
15. A network owned and maintained by an organization -such as a campus network operated by a college.
RFI
Workstation
private network
NAT (Network Address Translation)
16. A private computer network with resources accessible only to internal members.
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
horizontal cabling
intranet
Correct subnet mask
17. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies
narrowband
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Category 1
Conduit
18. Connectivity device - data link layer (2) - reads header info to forward packets according to MAC addresses
EAP
bridge
supernet mask
Broadband
19. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
ssl
Encrypting File System
radiation pattern
Protocol Data Unit
20. Provides Internet access and/or other services such as email and Web hosting
Service Set Identifier
802.5
Line Printer Daemon
ISP (Internet service provider)
21. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
intrusion detection
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
tracepath
access services
22. Internet protocol security-defines encryption - authentication - and key management for TCP/IP transmission
DSLAM
IPSec
Packet
metropolitan area network (MAN)
23. An organization composed of more than 100 representatives from industry and government who together determine standards for the electronics industry in addition to other fields - such as chemical and nuclear engineering.
Connectors
Network Time Protocol
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
24. Communications cable that has no shielding material between the pair of insulated wires twisted together and the cable's outside jacket.
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
RTT
25. The shorter the wavelength
the higher the frequency
packet filtering - application proxy
leased line
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
26. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
1000base-sx
FM
wavelength
microwave
27. Addresses packet size
Data Link
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
Session
fingerprinting
28. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
Decapsulation
Same Layer Interaction
Incorrect device drivers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
29. Physical and Data Link layers
where NICs operate
Organizational Unit
cp connection
802.3af
30. Point or stage in a wave's progress over time
physical media
Phase
Data Link
OSI Layer 7
31. Transport layer protocol that services a request without requiring a verified session and without guaranteeing delivery data
workstation
Class D Network
connectionless
network interface card (NIC)
32. (metropolitan area network) used with a handful of buildings and larger then a LAN - connects two or more Lans
MAN
Class A Network
analog dis
protocol and services
33. Wall-mounted panel of data receptors into which cross-connect patch cables from the punch-down block are inserted
NetWare Core Protocol
Attenuation
Patch Panel
OSI
34. Provides a generic method of transferring files
802.3
Frequency Modulation
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Media Converter
35. MAC Protocols
segment
Network
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
36. Network news transfer protocol
NNTP
MAN
VPN
Mesh topology
37. Network segment that contains end nodes - such as workstations
Serial Line Internet Protocol
802.3
Populated Segment
intrusion detection
38. Enables sharing remote drivers - Enables sharing remote printers - Handles e-mail messages - Provides file transfer services - Provides file management services - Provides terminal emulation
port 25
Application Layer (Layer 7)
Unshielded twisted pair
Bus topology
39. Firewalls perform two basic security functions
packet filtering - application proxy
twisted pair connector
Network
netstat
40. Four twisted wire pairs with three twists per foot. This type can handle transmissions up to 16 MHz. Now limited to telecommunication equipment
IP Address
Category 3
ESS
binary
41. Multimode fiber
enterprise network
MMF
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
fault tolerance
42. Small Form Plug-gables - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
encapsulate
PSTN
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
SFP
43. Network File System
TDM
FDDI
multiple access
NFS
44. Domain Name System
10BASE5 Limit
Incorrect cable type
FDMA
DNS
45. Compatible with 802.11a - b - g 600-65 throughput
logical address
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
hostname
802.11n
46. SMF
Single Mode Fiber
CSMA/CD
Data Link
PSTN
47. Equivalent to OSI Layer 2 Data Link & Layer 1 Physical
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Network Access
ISP (Internet service provider)
tracert
Internet
48. A TCP/IP utility used to show or modify a client's host name.
false negative
tuning
hostname
protocol
49. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
Segments
Protocol Data Unit
802.2
RFI
50. Panel of data receptors into which twisted pair wire is inserted to complete a circuit
sequencing
partially distributed control strategy
Punch-Down Block
RARP