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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Routing protocol has the poorest convergence time
whois
Correct default gateway
Network
RIP
2. Form of transmission in which digital signals are sent through direct current pulses applied to a wire; can only send one signal at a time
Baseband
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
3. Method of trasmitting data from a satellite
star wired ring
microwave
SMTP
ISOC
4. # of times that waves amplitude cycles - hertz
the more twist
frequency
overhead
1550bytes
5. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed
Firewall configured correctly
Crossover Cable
ANSI
protocol and services
6. Source emits a RTS (request to send) signal to the access point - and the access point replies with CTS (clear to send) for the source to begin its transmission
Encapsulation
File Transfer Protocol
RTS/CTS
f type connector
7. A network design in which every node is connected to every other node - achieving fault tolerance.
IP Address
Segments
demand priority
Mesh topology
8. Facilities necessary for a service provider to connect with another organization LAN or WAN
Intermediate Distribution Frame
802.11n
digital
Entrance Facilities
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
standby UPS
transmit
10base-t
Near End Cross Talk
10. 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
IGMP
Demarcation Point
terminal
11. A network on which any computer can communicate with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basic without going though an intermediary - such as a server. Peer-to-Peer networking enables each computer to offer and access shared resoures - such
host
coaxial cable
protocol
peer-to-peer network
12. Carrier sense multiple access w collision detection (network access method) ethernet
ISP (Internet service provider)
Media Converter
CSMA/CD
DNAT
13. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
PSTN
network interface card (NIC)
802.11a
plenum area
14. Bus topology: A network design built by running cable from one PC or file server to the next - like links in a chain.
Category 1
bandwidth
Bus topology
coax cable connector
15. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.
DTE
fragmentation
internetwork
To stop the Hamburgerler from stealing all of Ronnie McDonalds burgers
16. When pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
serial
ASCII
protocol and services
17. Field in a frame responsible for ensuring that data carried by the frame arrives intact. Uses an algorithm - such as CRC - to accomplish verification
FCS (frame check sequence)
SDU
Internet
American Wire Gauge
18. BIND
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
802.11g
Core Gateway
19. Domain Name System
Modem
hub
DNS
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
20. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
Data Service Unit
Kroner
Modulation
tuning
21. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
virture privat network (VPN)
socket
Analog
HTTP
22. Controls the transport of data between systems
Transport
Category 3
frequency
site policy
23. The actual data - any communication that encodes a message
intrusion reaction
Post Office Protocol version 3
port 53
signal
24. Unit of data at any layer of the OSI model
PDU (protocol data unit)
MMF
fiber optic connector
half duplex
25. Reverse address resolution protocol
RARP
Attenuation
802.3
Error Handling
26. Digital subscriber line- support multiple data and voice channels over a single line - extraordinary throughput though telephone lines
back door
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Class B Network
DSL
27. Is a file transfer protocol that uses s ecure shell (SSH)
protocol
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
FDMA
PDU (protocol data unit)
28. Simple Network Management Protocol
Modulation
SNMP
Gateway Services for NetWare
Secure Copy Protocol
29. Anything - hardware or software - that monitors transmission of packets of digital information that attempt to pass the perimeter of a network
tuning
API (application program interface)
management services
firewall
30. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
Transport
NFS
cabeloco
802.3
31. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
rollover cable
trap and trace
802.2
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
32. Maintains and assigns IP addresses in the US
802.2
inline sensor
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
33. (WIde area network) Carry networks longer distances than Lans
WAN
PDU
multimeter
leased line
34. A type of transmission that can vary continuously - as in a wave pattern with positive and negative voltage levels.
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
analog
inline sensor
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
35. 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.
PSTN
workstation
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Decapsulation
36. Large networks 1-126
LAN
connectivity device
Demarcation Point
Class A Network
37. The utility that allows you to query ICANN's DNS registration database and find information about a domain.
host
Network Behavior Analysis
whois
Category 3
38. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
transceiver
Transport
EIA (Electronics Industries Alliance)
Amplitude Modulation
39. IEEE standard describing specifications for wireless transmissions
802.11
terminator
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
alert or alarm
40. ARP
DSL
fiber optic connector
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
Address Resolution Protocol
41. Service data unit
SDU
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
connectionless
Class D Network
42. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress
crossover cable
rj-45
fixing cross talk
false attack stimulus
43. The means through which data is transmitted and received
transmission media
port 443
leased line
Protocol Data Unit
44. TCP is a Layer 4 protocol (Due to the close match or the OSI Transport Layer and TCP within the TCP/IP Transport Layer.
OSI Reference to TCP
Faulty network cable
power budget
bandwidth
45. 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.
Ethernet
TFTP
protocol
Binary
46. 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.
packet
star topology
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
IDPS terrorist
47. POE standard
fiber-optic cables
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
802.3af
intrusion
48. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Bend Radius
Ethernet
49. A single computer that provides extensive multiuser access to network resources - such as shared files - shared disks - and shared printers.
driver signing
Server
virture privat network (VPN)
MMF
50. ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
omnidirectional antenna
MAC address
ring topology