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IT: Networking Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.






2. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.






3. Dynamic host configuration protocol






4. 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.






5. ICA






6. Provides service that ensure accurate and timely delivery of network communications between two hosts






7. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access






8. Event that triggers alarms and causes an IDPS to react as if a real attack is in progress






9. Lower sublayer of the Data Link layer; appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the fram






10. Device used to regenerate a signal






11. Pipeline used to contain and protect cabling; usually made from metal






12. Connector used with single mode and multimode fiber optic cable






13. A boundary between two zones of trust






14. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.






15. PPTP






16. Pointing in a direction






17. 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.






18. File Transfere Protocol






19. Ensures that messages being transmitted on the internet are private and tamper proof






20. Small network 192-223






21. BSD






22. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure






23. Networking technology developed at Xerox in the 70s and improved by Digital Equipment Corp - Inel - and Xerox. Most common form of network transmission - follows IEEE 802.3 standard






24. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.






25. Decoy systems designed to lure potential attackers away from critical systems






26. Packet






27. The scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every node on a network






28. What does POP3 stand for?






29. HDLC






30. Round time trip. time it takes for packet to get from sender to receiver and back






31. Name Of Layer 1






32. 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






33. First set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer






34. Panel of data receptors into which twisted pair wire is inserted to complete a circuit






35. Used on many UNIX/LINUX systems to provide authentication security for TCP/IP applications such as Telnet and FTP






36. The seventh layer of the OSI model. Application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting - procedural - security - synchronization - and other requirements with the network.






37. 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.






38. The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices connect






39. Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers






40. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line






41. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






42. NAT






43. Communications arrangement in which a single transmitter issues signals to multiple - defined recipients






44. MDIX






45. The _____________ allows computers to 'talk' to themselves on a different port.






46. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6






47. DSU






48. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.






49. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






50. A wireless station listens on all channels for a bacon frame from an access point