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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A type of address translation in which each private IP address is correlated with its own Internet-recognized IP address.
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
protocol stack verification
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Internet Control Message Protocol
2. Different upload/download speeds.
Class A
asymmetrical transmission
Electromagnetic Interference
Domain Name
3. Type of sensor deployed in such a way that the network traffic it is monitoring must pass through it.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
host
inline sensor
ICS host
4. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
DSL
padded cell
Alien Cross Talk
FM
5. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Secure File Transfer Protocol
fat pipe
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
6. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and broadcasts them out to the rest of the network.
Twister Pair Cable
cable plant
Local Connector
hub
7. Twisted pair cable consisting of a number of twisted pairs of copper wire with a simple plastic casing. Because - no shielding is used in this cable - it is very susceptible to EMI - RFI - and other types of interference
local area network (LAN)
Unshielded twisted pair
::1
ITU
8. Multiple signals travel simultaneously - medium is separated into multiple channels
multiplexing
Broadband
10base-t
encryption
9. LPD
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
power budget
terminal
Line Printer Daemon
10. Uses multiple frequencies to transmit signal
802.3
GBIC
spread-spectrum
Demultiplexer
11. Is usde to communicate time synchronization information between systemson a network
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
Application
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
12. F type (like TV cable) or BNC (crimped)
coax cable connector
fully distributed control strategy
signal
Segments
13. 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
digital dis
VPN
backbone
Same Layer Interaction
14. FDDI
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Data Link
PAT (Port Address Translation)
phase
15. 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.
network class a
File Transfer Protocol
Network News Transport Protocol
Decapsulation
16. Open source program that allows you too remotely take over another workstation and walk through support process
Media Dependent Interface
RealVNC
back door
cabeloco
17. NLM
NetWare Loadable Module
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
client/server
protocol and services
18. Measure of the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that a medium can transmit
Password Authentication Protocol
Bandwidth
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
geosynchronous
19. Which protocol is responsible for splitting data into packets and adding a header to each one?
Transmission Control Protocol
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
padded cell
Digital
20. Upper sublayer in the Data Link layer. Provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services
1550bytes
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
Static IP Addressing
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
21. Constructs data frames using the appropriate format for the network - reatea CRC information - Checks for errors using CRC information - Retransmits data if there is error - Initiates the communications link and makes sure it is not interrupted - thu
Data Link (Layer 2)
back hack
Post Office Protocol version 3
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
22. A computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
analog
server
Adjacent Layer Interaction
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
23. A utility for viewing or modifying a host's routing table
Channel Service Unit
Internet Control Message Protocol
route
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
24. The process of checking a communication medium - such as cable - for a voltage level - signal transition - or light - indicating the presence of a data-carrying signal.
fingerprinting
carrier sense
Latency
Binary
25. NTP
Network Time Protocol
Channel
EMI
intranet
26. A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
carrier sense
backbone
Attenuation
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
27. Physical Layer
port 25
Data Link (Layer 2)
Repeaters
tracepath
28. CIFS
Common Internet File System
Port 20
MAN
standard
29. BRI
Basic Rate Interface
intrusion prevention
switch
Primary Domain Controller
30. Accurate alarm events that do not pose significant threat to information security
host
OSI Layer 3
isdn
noise
31. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
Management Information Base
Internet
EAP
Quality of Service
32. Single mode fiber
phase
Integrated Services Digital Network
SMF
broadband
33. RAS
switch
binary
public network
Remote Access Service
34. Also called the star-ring hybrid - topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
collision
star-wired ring topology
Straight tip connector
10Base-T
35. Hubs and switches work here
Network Time Protocol
Data Link
application protocol verification
Domain Name Service
36. 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.
Protocol
Quality of Service
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
driver signing
37. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
port 22
bandwidth
Device power unplugged
LLC
38. Telnet
data packets
Port 23
Microbrowser
multipath
39. Connector with 9 pins - commonly used in a serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
DB-9 connector
MAN
Demarcation Point
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
40. IANA
Analog
twisted shielded pair
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Local Connector
41. NDS
roaming
NetWare Directory Services
f type connector
Modulation
42. Also called the physical or device address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
MAC address
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Local Connector
half duplex
43. A unit of data formatted for transmission over a network that contains control and other information that corresponds to the OSI Networklayer; also called Layer 3.
Intermediate Distribution Frame
Network interface card (NIC)
route
packet
44. Application layer protocol used to access information stored in a directory
LDAP
Near End Cross Talk
Correct default gateway
VPN
45. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
VPN
carrier sense
46. American national standards institute
ANSI
communications media
Multimode fiber
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
47. A private computer network with resources accessible only to internal members.
Session
physical address
pathping
intranet
48. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.
Internet Information Services
enticement
connection
Internet Connection Sharing
49. Speed: 10 Mbps - Alternative Name: 10BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3 - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100 meters
telnet
packet
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Ethernet (characteristics)
50. Used connecting a workstation to a routers console part
twisted shielded pair
SMF
RS 232
collision detection