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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Uses light to communicate a signal; the light is dispersed on numerous paths as it travels through the core and is reflected back. Provides high bandwidth at high speeds over medium distances up to about 3000 feet
diffraction
Multimode fiber
supernet mask
Apple File Protocol
2. Small Form Plug-gables - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
SFP
binary
collision detection
twisted-pair cable
3. The most popular type of network for medium- and large-scale organizations
ITU
Category 3
client/server
Open Shortest Path First
4. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
power over ethernet
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
S-HTTP
MAU
5. Data jack
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
rj-45
microwave
stateful firewall
6. Trivial File Transfer Protocol
firmware
OSI Layer 3
Repeater
TFTP
7. L2TP
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
star wired ring
Network Behavior Analysis
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
8. Secure Shell
star-ring hybrid topology
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
subnetting purpose
SSH
9. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Serial Line Internet Protocol
ASCII
access services
TCP/UDP
10. Connection for data exchange between two parties
802.16
session
data packets
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
11. Network news transfer protocol
NNTP
fixing noise
802.3
SSL
12. Secures messages being transmitted on the internet - uses RSA for authentication and encyption.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
ISOC
message and circuit
802.2
13. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
Half Duplex NIC Communication
power over ethernet
FTP
Class A Network
14. Port used during a domain name lookup
site policy awareness
port 53
OSI Layer 5
Data Link
15. WAN transmission technologies that contains a segment that relied on 10GBase-EW standard
backbone
SONET
IP gateway in NAT
1550bytes
16. The process of wrapping one layer's PDU with protocol information so that it can be interpreted by a lower layer. For example - Data Link layer protocols encapsulate Network layer packets in frames.
encapsulate
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Canonical Name
cat 5
17. Assigning a unique frequency band to each communication
FDM
Localhost
MAC
protocol
18. NAT
Noise
Network Address Translation
Network
public network
19. A TCP/IP utility that at its simplest returns either to IP address of a host if its host name is specified or its host name if its IP address is specified
host
Presentation layer
ISP (Internet service provider)
Internet Key Exchange
20. Telecommunications industry association
Session
TIA
token
Connectors
21. Connectivity device - data link layer (2) - reads header info to forward packets according to MAC addresses
Encapsulation
public network
fully distributed control strategy
bridge
22. Internet control message protocol
stateful firewall
::1
ICMP
802.3
23. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
device ID
Terminator
hot site
intrusion
24. Secure Sockets Layer
CIDR block
SSL
authentication
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
25. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack
Ethernet
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
ICAN
protocol data unit (PDU)
26. A data-link protocol used for remote networking that can exchange IP addresses - carry data by multiple network layer protocols - and support different app. protocols.
IGMP
PPP
MAN
FDMA
27. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
ssl
DSSS
amplitude
Correct default gateway
28. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
false negative
::1
802.11b
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
29. Each node is connected to the two nearest nodes so that the entire network forms a circle - active - twisted pair of fiber optic - single malfunction in workstation can disable entire network - not flexible or scalbe
Baseband
Repeaters
ring topology
Universal serial bus
30. What early protocol allows users to access machines remotley that has no security implemented within it?
Point-to-Multipoint
Block ID
Telnet
cat 5
31. The utility that allows you to query ICANN's DNS registration database and find information about a domain.
whois
monitoring port (SPAN port)
message and circuit
Point-to-Point
32. Networking technology developed by IBM in the 80s; relies upon direct links between nodes and ring topology - using tokens to allow nodes to transmit data
analog signal
NAT (Network Address Translation)
token ring
Packets
33. UN agency that regulates international telecommunications and provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment to advance their technological bases
Patch Panel
analog signal
logical address
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
34. The wave bounces back when encountering an object
reflection
Data Service Unit
IEEE 802.12 Standard
CHAP
35. CHAP
packet
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Correct default gateway
bandwidth
36. Internet society
signal
ISOC
Conduit
medium
37. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
SCP
Loose network cable connection
802.11n
DHCP
38. 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.
Coaxial Cable
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Patch Panel
CSU/DSU
39. PDC
bandwidth
Primary Domain Controller
multipath
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
40. A medium that carries 1 signal
IDPS terrorist
Session
broadcast storm
baseband
41. Network Layer
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
POP3
OSI Layer 3
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
42. MPLS
OSI Layer 5
pppoe
wavelength
multiprotocol label switching
43. Running system for a while to track types of false positives it generates and then adjusting IDPS alarm classifications
encapsulate
coax cable connector
alarm filtering
Transport
44. Best fault tolerance
Protocol Data Unit
PSTN
full mesh
Cross Talk
45. 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
VPN
Data Link (Layer 2)
footprinting
plain old telephone service (POTS)
46. Used to resolve NetBIOS names w IP address
true attack stimulus
public network
host
WINS
47. SMF
reassembly
Single Mode Fiber
DNAT
routing
48. Default subnet mask for 154.13.44.87
Incorrect cable type
255.255.0.0
EAPoL
PDU
49. NNTP
routing
RealVNC
Backbone
Network News Transport Protocol
50. Process of retransmitting a digital signal; repeats the pure signal without the noise
IGMP
Coaxial Cable
Regeneration
network class a