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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and broadcasts them out to the rest of the network.
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
attenuation
Frequency
hub
2. Capability for a component or system to continue functioning despite damage or malfunction
DTE
port 143
ARP
fault tolerance
3. Saturation of network bandwidth caused by excessive traffic - as when a large number of computers or devices attemp to transmit simultaneously - or when computers or devices presist in transmitting repeatedly.
broadcast storm
IANA
Packets
ISO
4. Cyclic redundancy check
bandwidth
CRC
Digital
internetwork
5. Used connecting a workstation to a routers console part
RS 232
802.44
binary
Gigabit Interface Converter
6. Hubs and switches work here
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
Patch Panel
Data Link
Extended Network Prefix
7. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
NetWare Directory Services
RADIUS
UDP
CD-ROM File System
8. Domain Name System
DNS
802.11
transmission media
SMTP
9. Indication a system has just been attacked or is under attack
routing
alert or alarm
RealVNC
Internet Protocol
10. Metropolitan area network
MAN
IEEE
crossover cable
Category 1
11. A network design built by running cable from one PC of file server to the next - like links in a chain.
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
Primary Domain Controller
Transport
bus topology
12. Is used to allow searching and updating of a directory service
Light Weight Directory access protocol (LDAP
FM
encryption
Physical layer
13. Transport Layer
Firewall Filtering
Repeater
Application Layer (Layer 7)
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
14. NTP
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Network Time Protocol
Kerberos
network layer
15. Traces path from one network node to another - identifying all intermediate hops b/w two nodes
star topology
Digital
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
tracert
16. 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.
Loose network cable connection
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
Data Link
(fiddy) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
17. Manages IP address allocation and the domain name system
Subscriber connector
wavelength
RTT
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
18. A app. loaded on a server included with Windows OS that enables remote access
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
RAS
Frequency Modulation
Service Set Identifier
19. Gives each node unique address
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
FDMA
power budget
Transport
20. Media access control
MAC
Hertz
intranet
bandwidth
21. Physical Layer
beaconing
Repeaters
Serial
Multiplexer
22. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Star topology
hostname
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
23. PAP
Zero Configuration
API (application program interface)
Password Authentication Protocol
Network
24. 1) A computer (mainframe - minicomputer - server - or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files - data - and services. Programs and information may be processed at the host - or they
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
Host
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
Transport
25. Reverse address resolution protocol
RARP
network layer
data packets
fault tolerance
26. A computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
port 80
Quality of Service
server
Workstation
27. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
Category 6
media
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
collision
28. Measure of a signal's strength
Amplitude
Firewall Filtering
Kroner
Line Printer Remote
29. Defines host IP in packet headers
Network
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
Class A
data packets
30. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
Network File System (NFS)
enticement
Patch Panel
RARP
31. An internetwork is two or more computer networks connected together.
Channel
Data Link
internetwork
crimping tool and wore stripper
32. As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard - cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area.
driver
horizontal cabling
ADSL
UTP
33. RJ 45
twisted pair connector
802.2
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
ring topology
34. LPD
WDM
ATM
Line Printer Daemon
network access method
35. The wave splits into secondary waves
Ethernet
diffraction
collision
stateless firewall
36. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal
RAS
noise
coaxial cable
digital dis
37. Point or stage in a wave's progress over time
PDU (protocol data unit)
Mail Exchanger
Phase
star topology
38. Physical layer standard for serial communications
Network Layer (Layer 3)
session
reassembly
RS-232
39. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
Terminator
GBIC
Hyper text transfer protocol
Bus topology
40. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
fiber optics
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
Ferrule
41. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
IGMP
Correct subnet mask
PDU
Session layer
42. Is a file transfer protocol that uses s ecure shell (SSH)
subnetting purpose
Optical Loss
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Modem
43. Accurate alarm events that do not pose significant threat to information security
noise
physical address
Integrated Services Digital Network
Fault tolerance
44. Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers
attenuation
ICAN
NetWare Directory Services
Network Behavior Analysis
45. Encompasses actions an organization takes when intrusion is detected
driver signing
broadband
intrusion reaction
Application
46. Describes the relative strength over a three dimensional area of an antenna
Telnet
routing
radiation pattern
ISOC
47. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
fiber optic cable
rj-45
LAN
scattering
48. Integrated digital network
IP (Internet Protocol)
66 Block
Telnet
isdn
49. Consists of single cable that connects all nodes on a network without intervening connectivity devices - inexpensive - hard to find source of error - not very fault tolerant - data is transmitted in one direction in the ring.
Internet Protocol
protocol
intrusion detection system (IDS)
bus topology
50. Connection for data exchange between two parties
session
cat 5
driver signing
10Gbase-t