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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. 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
255.255.255.252
twisted pair connector
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Same Layer Interaction
2. Medium network 128-191
hot site
EIA
intrusion prevention
Class B Network
3. Ppp tunneling protocol
802.3
Electromagnetic Interference
network address
ppptp
4. Physical Layer
Twister Pair Cable
Domain Name Service
5-4-3 rule
Layer 2 Forwarding
5. Loop back address for IPv6
impedance
::1
Crossover Cable
crossover cable
6. IEEE standard for token ring devices and data handling
Subscriber connector
802.5
connectionless
Remote Access Service
7. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
confidence value
WINS
broadband
Network Layer (Layer 3)
8. 128-191
255.255.0.0
Port Numbers
network class B
cable plant
9. Media Access Unit (transmitter/ receiver)
local area network (LAN)
MAU
PAP
enticement
10. ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
Independent Computer Architecture
802.3
Primary Rate Interface
11. International Organization for Standardization
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Network File System (NFS)
mesh topology
ISO
12. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
leased line
socket
FDM
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
13. The transmission capacity of a communications medium - which is typically measured in bits per second (for data transmissions) or hertz (for data - voice - and video transmissions) - and which is determined by the maximum minus the minimum transmissi
Transmission Control Protocol
bandwidth
CSU/DSU
Encapsulation
14. Packet internet groper
WAN
PING
private network
MAC address
15. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
throughput
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
Session
backbone
16. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
Computer network
Extended Network Prefix
lpr filename
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
17. Protocol data unit. An OSI term to refer generically to a grouping of information by a particular layer of the OSI model. More specifically - an LxPDU would imply the data and headers as defined by Layer x.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
stateful firewall
network address
PDU
18. The combination of an IP address's network ID and subnet information. By interpreting the address's extended network prefix - a device can determine the subnet to which an address belongs.
Extended Network Prefix
f type connector
voltage
carrier sense
19. Provides services for applications
networks enable users to share resources
geosynchronous
Encapsulation
Application
20. Allows clients to communicate in different floors
switch
network class a
BNC connector
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
21. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
Category 5e
node
Plenum
22. More reliable then analog - noise doesn't affect as much - more efficient - fewer errors
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BGP
digital adv
tracepath
23. IPX
star topology
Internetwork Packet Exchange
access point
Fast Ethernet
24. 1) A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services. Programs and information may be processed at the host - or they
full mesh
Noise
Multiplexing
Host
25. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission
serial
MMF
SONET
SMTP server name
26. Routes packets through network
Network
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
Conduit
OSI Layer 3
27. 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.
communications media
star-bus hybrid topology
RTS/CTS
Internet Protocol
28. AFP
Apple File Protocol
RTS/CTS
ISOC
Workstation
29. Encompasses actions an organization takes when intrusion is detected
Crossover Cable
intrusion reaction
active scanning
crimping tool and wore stripper
30. UDP
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
User Datagram Protocol
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
WDM
31. A form of fiber-optic cable that supports only one signal transmission at a time and that is used mainly for long- distance communication.
single-mode fiber-optic cable
intrusion correction
protocol stack verification
Incorrect cable type
32. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point
passive scanning
SIP
ISP (Internet service provider)
client/server
33. Type of transmission in which signlas may travel in both directions over a medium - but only in one direction at a time
Domain Name Service
Half-Duplex
NIC (Network Interface Card)
VPN
34. Device that modulates analog signals into digital signals for transmission over telephone lines - and demodulates digital signals into analog for the receiving end
Zero Configuration
Media Dependent Interface
Physical layer
Modem
35. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
Ring topology
Data Link
Local Connector
Transport
36. Compresses
Presentation
encryption
Domain Name Service
Packet
37. A mail retrieval protocol that improves on the shortcomings of POP. The single biggest advantage IMAP4 has relative to POP is that it allows users to store messages on the mail server - rather than always having to download them to a local machine.
Modem
IP gateway in NAT
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
Session
38. A network that links multiple LAN's in large city or metropolitan region.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
utp
Ethernet (characteristics)
udp
39. Is associated with unix/linux networks
network access method
Segments
Secure Copy
Multiplexer
40. FTP - file transfer- control
Kerberos
port 21
MAU
STP
41. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
presentation layer
ICS host
802.3
multipath
42. DNS - Domain name system
port 53
analog
Flow Control
alarm filtering
43. Physical Layer
Electrical Signaling
NetWare Directory Services
FM
Impedance
44. Carrier sense multiple access w collision detection (network access method) ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
NIC
Internet Connection Sharing
CSMA/CD
45. Satellite used for broadband internet access
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
association
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
geosynchronous
46. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
twisted pair connector
802.3
packet
directional antennas
47. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases
Multiplexing
TFTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
48. 2nd layer; bridges the networking media with the Network layer. Primary function is to divide the data it receives from the Network layer into frames to be transmitted by the Physical layer
Data Link layer
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
rj-45
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
49. The number of times a signal's amplitude changes over a fixed period of time - expressed in cycles per second - Hz
DB-9 connector
Frequency
Encrypting File System
Physical
50. Describes the relative strength over a three dimensional area of an antenna
Subnetmask
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
amplitude
radiation pattern