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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
IEEE 802.12 Standard
analog
router
2. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
token
FHSS
Computer network
port 69
3. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
Firewall configured correctly
Data Service Unit
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
4. Also called coax - a network cable medium that consists of a copper core - surrounded by insulation.
latency
Client Software
coaxial cable
SDU
5. Reverse address resolution protocol
FCS (frame check sequence)
RARP
VPN
stateful firewall
6. 6th layer; protocols translate between Application and Network layers; data are formatted so that the network can understand - with the format varying according to the type of network; manages data encryption and decryption - such as scrambling of sy
Presentation layer
horizontal cabling
fault tolerance
WAN
7. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
analog adv
Session
Domain Name Service
ISOC (Internet Society)
8. Application Layer
Broadcast
Flow Control
logical address
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
9. MDIX
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
tuning
Multiplexing
10base-t
10. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
tunneling
private network
SMTP
Wide area network (WAN
11. Subgroup of EIA that focuses on standards for information technology - wireless - satellite - fiber optics - and telephone equipment; best known for network cable installation guidelines (TIA/EIA 568-B Series)
noise
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Mesh topology
port 69
12. 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
entrance facilities
Error Handling
multimeter
Multiplexing
13. Ensures reliablity of packet transmissions from node to node - Ensures that data is sent and received in the same order - Provides acknowledgement when a packet is received - Monitors for packet transmission errors and resends bad packets - Breaks la
Localhost
Ethernet (characteristics)
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
bandwidth
14. The fact that wireless signals follow a number of paths to their destination
backbone cabling
multipath
Structure
SNMP
15. This phase begins and end a PPP session.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
link dead phase
10base-t
cat 5
16. Internet protocol security-defines encryption - authentication - and key management for TCP/IP transmission
Analog
Byte
Media Converter
IPSec
17. IDPS that examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
WAN
modem
NNTP
18. A physical layer standard that defines a method for building a synchronous telecommunications network based on fiber-optic cables.
Impedance
Access Control List
application protocol verification
SONET
19. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back
802.2
RTT
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
Service Set Identifier
20. An established guideline that specifies how networked data is formatted into a packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.
STP
rj-45
MultiStation Access Unit
Protocol
21. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
Block ID
Apple File Protocol
false attack stimulus
CHAP
22. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
ring topology
Category 5
Class C Network
23. IPv4
stateless firewall
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
microwave
Internet Protocol version 4
24. 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.
Bit
Overhead
Microbrowser
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
25. ISDN
Impedance
Integrated Services Digital Network
transport layer
Crossover Cable
26. PPPoE
Conduit
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
Internet Protocol
Gigabit Ethernet
27. SCP
MAC address
Secure Copy Protocol
802.3
Internet Protocol
28. BSD
fiber optic cable
Berkeley Software Distribution
WDM
802.3
29. Hardware address of the network interface card
Client Software
slip
Class E Network
MAC
30. What does POP3 stand for?
switch
Physical
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
Post Office Protocol
31. Set of routines that make up part of a software application
HTTPS
Client Software
API (application program interface)
Telnet
32. Data Link Layer
NIC (Network Interface Card)
protocol
Network
Domain Name
33. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DHCP
Private Network
media
34. An IP addressing and subnetting method in which network and host information is manipulated without adhering to the limitations imposed by traditional network class distinctions. CIDR is also known as classless routing or supernetting. Older routing
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
port 443
device ID
1550bytes
35. Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSMACD
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
TCP/IP
Analog
36. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps
Category 5e
ring topology
Network
10 Gigabit Ethernet
37. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1
ISOC (Internet Society)
binary
NIC (Network Interface Card)
BOOTP
38. A switching method that enables multiple devices to communicate over the same commnications medium by creating time slots in which each device transmits.
tracepath
horizontal cabling
active scanning
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
39. A set of routines that make up part of a software application
Firewall Filtering
API (application program interface)
SNMP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
40. Establishes maintains and terminates connections
MAN
Session
Telnet
standby UPS
41. Aka main cross-connect - first point of interconnection between an organization's LAN or WAN and a service provider's facility
Main Distribution Frame
NNTP
frame
255.255.0.0
42. CHAP
Session Layer
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
802.11
43. Cross talk with 2+ wires
alien cross talk
Hubs
PDU
API (application program interface)
44. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
coax cable connector
Transport
plenum cables
66 Block
45. SNMP
physical layer device
Simple Network Management Protocol
CSMA/CD
enterprise network
46. The <html> - <head> and <body> tags are all examples of ________ tags
honey net
intrusion reaction
Structure
Braiding
47. The gateway that first interprets a device's outbound requests - and then interprets its inbound requests to and from other subnets.
Internet Key Exchange
WDM
port 21
Default Gateway
48. Layer 2 Troubleshooting
SSL
Improperly configured switch
backbone cabling
physical layer
49. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Gigabit Ethernet
Workstation
50. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access
link quality monitoring
analog dis
RAS
installing cable