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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Data Link Layer
ISP (Internet service provider)
API (application program interface)
AUI
Mac Addressing
2. Transforms data into a form network or applications will understand
switch
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
overhead
Presentation
3. Equivalent to OSI Layer 7 Application - Layer 6 Presentation - Layer 5 Session
Loose network cable connection
Electromagnetic Interference
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
4. Network interface card
Telnet
NIC
AM
Segments
5. Used to resolve NetBIOS names w IP address
WINS
802.11n
tracepath
Latency
6. CNAME
simplex
Canonical Name
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
SNMP
7. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
trap and trace
modifying the file-sharing controls
IP (Internet Protocol)
8. Netscape and Microsoft have implemented HTTPS to protect data transported via their Web browsers.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Ferrule
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
fiber optic cable
9. A termination unit also called a transceiver or DSL modem
Session
amplitude
Network Address Translation
ATU-R
10. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
asynchronous comunications
plenum cables
ATM
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
11. DSU
Data Service Unit
isdn
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
IGMP
12. Which address is split in to four 8-bit parts called octets?
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
half duplex
IP Address
multiple access
13. The pattern used to install a network medium
topology
Service Set Identifier
physical address
satellite
14. A fiber-optic data transport method capable of a 100-Mbps transfer rate using a dual ring topology; largely supplanted today by faster Ethernet method.
Correct default gateway
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Port 20
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
15. Glass or plastic shield around the core of a fiber-optic cable; reflects light back to the core in patterns that vary depending on the transmission mode
Secure Shell (SSH)
Cladding
physical layer device
Line Printer Remote
16. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
IP (Internet Protocol)
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Gateway Services for NetWare
17. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
OSI
hybrid fiber / coax (HFC) cable
Channel Service Unit
Loose network cable connection
18. 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
NetBIOs
back hack
VPN
encryption
19. Point to point protocol
SMTP server name
Logical Link Control
ppp
token
20. 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
Secure Copy Protocol
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Data Link Layer
association
21. Which class of IP address would be allocated to a very large company?
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
Class A
Overhead
IGMP
22. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
standard connector
OSI
packet
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
23. Reflection in multiple different directions of a signal
bus topology
PDU
asymmetrical transmission
scattering
24. EMI interference induced on one cable by signals traveling on a nearby cable
Alien Cross Talk
the more twist
IETE
Noise
25. FM
Frequency Modulation
Application Layer
collision
Conduit
26. A frame (or packet) sent to all nodes on the network.
switch
Organizational Unit
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
27. IPv6 addressing - multicast group
IP gateway in NAT
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
FF02
FCS (frame check sequence)
28. A physical layer standard that defines a method for building a synchronous telecommunications network based on fiber-optic cables.
Network Switching
topology
SONET
Peer-to-peer network
29. Performs name resolution
Session
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
digital dis
back door
30. A process that ensures one device does not send information faster than it can be received by another device.
ANDing
Application Layer
IGMP
flow control
31. A private network that functions like a tunnel though a large network-such as the Internet or an enterprise network-that is restricted to designated member clients only.
sequencing
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
geosynchronous
virture privat network (VPN)
32. POE standard
socket
Error Handling
Application Layer
802.3af
33. Rules and configuration guidelines governing implementation and operation of IDPSs within an organization
SMF
diffraction
Internet
site policy
34. Network news transfer protocol
Kerberos
transceiver
NNTP
latency
35. Unwanted signals from sources near network cabling - such as motors and power lines
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Noise
Device power unplugged
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
36. International society composed of engineering professionals - promotes development and education in the electrical engineering and computer fields
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
intranet
overhead
switch
37. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?
FDM
Static IP Addressing
OSI Layer 7
Frequency Modulation
38. IPX
the more twist
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Serial Line Internet Protocol
39. The most commonly used form of Internet Message Access Protocol.
Session layer
Virtual Private Network
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
40. Is a protocol for defining host groups.
tracert
site policy
EMI
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
41. A term used to refer to data within the Network layer of the OSI model.
datagram
POP3
Application layer
Domain Name
42. A permanent telephone connection between 2 locations that provide a predetermined amount of bandwidth at all times
leased line
SSH
Data Link Layer
standard connector
43. IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
802.11g
PPP
Data Service Unit
44. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps
DHCP
Domain Name System (DNS)
OSI model
10 Gigabit Ethernet
45. Length of time it takes for a packet to go from sender to receiver - then back to sender; measured in milliseconds
Default Gateway
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Round Trip Time
t1 connection
46. The action of luring an individual into committing a crime.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
entrapment
bandwidth
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
47. Application Layer
IGMP
physical media
switch
Telnet
48. BootP
station
intrusion correction
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
49. MPLS
headened
POP (Post Office Protocol)
baseband
multiprotocol label switching
50. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
Presentation
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Electromagnetic Interference
802.3
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