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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Process in which an NIDPS look for invalid data packets - packets that are malformed under the rules of the TCP/IP protocol
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Half-Duplex
Presentation
protocol stack verification
2. Software that enables a computer to communicate with devices such as NICs - printers - monitors - and hard disk drives.
service data unit (SDU)
driver
crossover cable
Fast Ethernet
3. GBIC
half duplex
OSI Layer 7
OSI Layer 1
Gigabit Interface Converter
4. Internet assigned numbers authority
File Transfer Protocol
IANA
butt set
DSL
5. A device that must be located at each end of a leased line.
connectionless
CSU/DSU
private network
Category 6
6. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram
asynchronous comunications
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
bus topology
7. The distinct units of data that are exchanged between nodes on a network
data packets
workstation
presentation layer
Simple Network Management Protocol
8. Asynchronous digital subscriber line. Method of providing internet service that uses the standard phone line - but transmits data at a different frequency than voice. Faster than ISDN.
MultiMode Fiber
10Base-T
ADSL
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
9. A remote connection where the client computer is a low-end computer that communicates with a terminal server.
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
A Protocol
thin client computing
10. Describes a theoretical representation of what happens between two nodes communicating on a network
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
OSI model
Media Dependent Interface
802.5
11. Routes packets through network
TCP/UDP
Network
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
Optical Loss
12. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basis without going through an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resources - suc
Peer-to-peer network
asynchronous comunications
Application Layer (Layer 7)
Server
13. A versatile - chainable serial-bus technology that connects up to 127 devices at speeds of 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps as well as 480 Mbps.
stateless firewall
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
Universal serial bus
phase
14. A network that links multiple LANs in a large city or metropolitan region.
IP (Internet Protocol)
MAC
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
bus topology
15. MSAU
American Wire Gauge
multipath
MultiStation Access Unit
DSSS
16. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
OSI model
OSI Reference to TCP
TCP/IP
communications media
17. Network File System
flow control
NFS
presentation layer
FDM
18. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Alternative name: 1000BASE-LX - 1000BASE-SX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3z - Cable Type: Fiber max length 550m (sx) - 5 km(lx)
session
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
IP Address
dig (domain information groper)
19. Packet internet groper
PING
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
honey net
Backbone
20. A network that any user can access with no restrictions. the most familiar example of a public network is the Internet
back hack
public network
Berkeley Software Distribution
Default Gateway
21. 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
Cladding
fiber optic cable
ARP
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
22. Error detection and correction
route
Transport
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Hyper text transfer protocol
23. Frequency hoping spread spectrum: a signal jumps between several different frequencies
Category 5
802.11
throughput
FHSS
24. Direct-sequence spread spectrum: signal bits are distributed over a frequency band
Subscriber connector
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
DSSS
pathping
25. A computer that accesses another computer - such as a workstation that accesses a shared file on another workstation - server - or mainframe. The client may use the accessed computer (host) to process data - or may process accessed data using its own
Client
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Repeater
FF02
26. A TCP/IP utility used to show or modify a client's host name.
hostname
Independent Computer Architecture
firewall
10 Gigabit Ethernet
27. Connectivity device - data link layer (2) - reads header info to forward packets according to MAC addresses
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
connectionless
analog signal
bridge
28. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet
honey net
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
Core
Correct default gateway
29. PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
10Base-T
NetWare Loadable Module
Gateway Services for NetWare
30. NDS
NetWare Directory Services
analog dis
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Bits
31. Signals travel in both directions but only one at a time
SLIP
Protocol
half duplex
BGP
32. Hubs and switches work here
netstat
ssl
Presentation
Data Link
33. BIND
Post Office Protocol version 3
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
network class a
telnet
34. An established guidline that specifies how networked data is formatted into packet or frame - how it is transmitted - and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.
MAU
Port 23
BNC connector
protocol
35. Station transmits a probe that is then replied by the access point
802.2
active scanning
MAN
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
36. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
Internet Key Exchange
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Service Set Identifier
37. Regular voice-grade telephone service.
RARP
Node
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
38. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
physical layer
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
udp
Virtual private network (VPN)
39. A logical communication path established by the OSI Network layer for sending and receiving data.
network address
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
10BASE2 Limit
virtual circuit
40. TFTP is a TCP/IP file transfer protocol that is designed for task such as the transfer of data to enable a diskless workstation to boot using files trasmitted from a server
BOOTP
communications media
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Modem
41. Bus topology: A network design built by running cable from one PC or file server to the next - like links in a chain.
802.3
Bus topology
star-wired ring topology
Bit
42. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point
passive scanning
presentation layer
application protocol verification
intranet
43. On a cable-TV WAN - a central receiving point for signals from various sources - including satellite - major cable sources - and local tevevision sources.
Frequency Modulation
headened
Crossover Cable
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
44. Bootstrap Protocol
STP
BOOTP
Coaxial Cable
RIP
45. T1
coaxial cable
T-Carrier Level 1
ring topology
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
46. ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
voltage
port 143
route
47. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission
honey net
CSMA/CA
MAN
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
48. Computers - devices - and connectivity necessary to rebuild a network exist - and all have appropriated configured updated and connected to match your networks current state. most expensive disaster recovery contingency to maintain
thin client computing
hot site
broadcast storm
Secure Copy Protocol
49. Electromagnetic interference
American Wire Gauge
ssl
intrusion correction
EMI
50. A type of address translation in which a limited pool of internet-valid IP addresses is shared by multiple private network hosts.
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
scattering
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Latency