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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. 185 meters - 10Mbps






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






4. Maintains and assigns IP addresses in the US






5. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet






6. AD






7. Application Layer






8. Transport Layer






9. Device with little - if any - of it's own processing or disk capacity; depends on a host to supply it with applications and data-processing services






10. Provides service that ensure accurate and timely delivery of network communications between two hosts






11. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram






12. Eight bits of information; in a digital signaling system - one byte carries one piece of information






13. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex






14. Consists of activities that deter intrusion






15. Binary values for each bit position






16. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.






17. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source






18. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6






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






20. A computer that has its own CPU and may be used as a stand-alone computer for word processing - spreadsheet creation - or other software applications. It also may be used to access another computer such as another workstation or server via a network.






21. Process in which an NIDPS inspects the higher-order protocols (HTTP - FTP - Telnet) are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use






22. The distinct units of data that are exchanged between nodes on a network






23. Strategy that combines the best of the other two strategies; while individual agents still analyze and respond to local threats - their reporting to a hierarchical central facility enables the organization to detect widespread attacks






24. 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






25. Transport Layer






26. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.






27. Protocol data unit






28. Internet assigned numbers authority






29. Session initiation protocol-performed on VoIP - determines location of endpoints - and establishes sessions between endpoints






30. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.






31. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings






32. MPLS






33. LPR






34. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basis without going through an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resources - suc






35. Power loss - the amount of signal that is lost as it travels though the communication medium from the source (transmitting node) to the receiving node.






36. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In






37. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.






38. Metropolitan area network






39. Layer 4






40. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies






41. American national standards institute






42. 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






43. Network File System






44. Layer 7






45. FM






46. Not-for-profit agency that manages distribution of IP addresses; ARIN for Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa - APNIC for Asia-Pacific - RIPE for Europe and North Africa






47. 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






48. A protocol that runs in the Dession and Transport layers of the OSI model and associates NetBIOS names with workstations. NetBIOS alone is not routable because it does not contain Network Layer information. However - when encapsulated in another prot






49. Application Layer






50. 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.