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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network
Organizational Unit
EMI
NIC
Optical Loss
2. The means through which data is transmitted and received
impedance
udp
transmission media
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
3. Internet Layer
physical address
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
EAPoL
Point-to-Point Protocol
4. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
10base-t
Physical
token
access services
5. The most commonly used form of Internet Message Access Protocol.
honey net
site policy
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
6. HTTPS - Secure implementation of HTTP
100base-tx
port 443
collision
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
7. Open Systems Interconnection model
ARP
RTS/CTS
OSI
1000base-t
8. LPR
AM
extranet
Line Printer Remote
physical layer
9. Guarantees that a server continually has power even if a buildings electrical service is interrupted - continuous voltage to a device by switching virtually instantaneously to the battery when it detects loss of power
STP
Transmission Control Protocol
standby UPS
transceiver
10. An algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame.
PSTN
OSI Layer 4
alien cross talk
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
11. A type of address translation in which each private IP address is correlated with its own Internet-recognized IP address.
Domain Name System (DNS)
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
latency
authentication
12. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.
star wired ring
evasion
driver
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
13. PDC
DB-25 connector
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
Session layer
Primary Domain Controller
14. Allows clients to communicate in different floors
SONET
Ferrule
switch
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
15. Standard rating that indicates the diameter of a wire
American Wire Gauge
coax cable connector
Session
OSI Layer 2
16. ADSL
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
MAU
noise
17. International telecommunication Union
ITU
ISO
Amplitude
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
18. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
POP3
Telnet
standard
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
19. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
Organizational Unit
Kroner
network
Internet Key Exchange
20. 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
NIC
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
Local area network (LAN)
IGMP
21. IEEE standard for Ethernet devices and data handling
802.3
link establishment phase
mtr (my traceroute)
crossover cable
22. On a computer that receives data over a network - the process in which the device interprets the lower-layer headers and - when finished with each header - removes the header - revealing the next-higher-layer PDU.
Decapsulation
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Domain Name System (DNS)
SONET
23. Services that handle hardware diagnoses and failure alerts
IEEE
management services
goodput
Zero Configuration
24. Data Link Layer
WAN Connectivity
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
25. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
f type connector
Overhead
ring topology
Session Layer (Layer 5)
26. The IEEE standard for Ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
802.3
Data Link
Improperly configured switch
27. Unshielded twisted pair
mtr (my traceroute)
alarm clustering and compaction
SSL
utp
28. Firewall packet inspection that examines the data contained in a packet as well as the state of the connection between internal and external computers.
Radio Waves
network
stateful firewall
DNAT
29. Junction point between the MDF and concentrations of fewer connections; those that terminate in a telecommunications closet
PDU
leased line
Intermediate Distribution Frame
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
30. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access
ssl
RAS
Session
Post Office Protocol version 3
31. BDC
bandwidth
Application
SMF
Backup Domain Controller
32. Fiber optic - enables one fiber optic connection to carry multiple light signals simultaneously
packet
WDM
Internetwork Packet Exchange
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
33. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
network interface card (NIC)
Class A
client/server
plenum area
34. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
Data Link
Segments
ACK (acknowledgement)
802.11n
35. Network layer service that subdivides segments it receives from the Transport layer into smaller packets
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Fast Ethernet
fragmentation
UDP
36. Wavelength division multiplexing
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
twisted pair connector
site policy awareness
WDM
37. Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame
Main Distribution Frame
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing)
serial
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
38. Network time protocol
PPP
NTP
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
PING
39. A logical communication path established by the OSI Network layer for sending and receiving data.
Network
Category 5
virtual circuit
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
40. Device that acts as a wireless switch so that nodes can connect wirelessly to a network.
access point
802.2
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
network address
41. Backbone: A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
Backbone
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
66 Block
Phase
42. A far-reaching system of networks that usually extends over approximately 48 kilometers (about 30 miles) and often reaches across states and continents.
bus topology
Wide area network (WAN
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
43. SCP
Secure Copy Protocol
internetwork
Device power off
Bit-Error Rate Test
44. LC - ST - SC - or MT RJ
Transport
fiber optic connector
IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4)
Transport
45. DNS - Domain name system
port 53
Flow Control
CSMA/CD
Frequency Division Multiplexing
46. Layer 2
twisted pair connector
Loose network cable connection
Data Link
CSMACD
47. Physical Layer
lpr filename
Correct default gateway
Faulty network cable
Repeaters
48. SMTP - simple mail transfer protocol
Twister Pair Cable
Ring topology
port 25
IP gateway in NAT
49. 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.
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Transport
port 123
ISOC (Internet Society)
50. OU
Network Layer
frame
CHAP
Organizational Unit