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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Services that handle hardware diagnoses and failure alerts
cross talk
fiber-optic cables
Transport
management services
2. NCP
router
NetWare Core Protocol
ports
switch
3. Addresses packet size
Data Link
collision detection
PDU
HTTP
4. 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.
Basic Rate Interface
packet
Bit
Domain Name System (DNS)
5. Is associated with unix/linux networks
Secure Copy
the higher the frequency
Network
router
6. Modulates digital into analog in transmitting end and demodulates analog into digital in recieving end
Frequency Modulation
modem
Class A
SCP
7. A physical layer standard that defines a method for building a synchronous telecommunications network based on fiber-optic cables.
Ethernet
Ethernet (characteristics)
FCS (frame check sequence)
SONET
8. Type of punch-down block used to terminate telephone circuits; does not meet Cat 5 or better standards
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
66 Block
network monitor
VPN
9. A common way of sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network
back door
Electromagnetic Interference
Frames
modifying the file-sharing controls
10. Device that receives and retransmits microwave data signals
computer network
protocol
satellite
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
11. The 100BaseVG/100VG-AnyLAN approach abandon the CSMA/CD transmission technique for one called demand priorTity.
5-4-3 rule
IEEE 802.12 Standard
switch
pstn
12. An International organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that play a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
BOOTP
Entrance Facilities
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
FDDI
13. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
multimeter
RARP
half duplex
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
14. 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.
High-Level Data Link Control
Node
star-wired ring topology
API (application program interface)
15. The utility that allows you to query ICANN's DNS registration database and find information about a domain.
dedicated lines
100base-tx
whois
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
16. Secures messages being transmitted on the internet - uses RSA for authentication and encyption.
radio frequency interference (RFI)
presentation layer
Session
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
17. Physical and Data Link layers
Layer 2 Forwarding
where NICs operate
WDM
alarm clustering and compaction
18. An enclosed area - such as a false floor - or ceiling - in which pressure from air or gas can be greater than the pressure outside the enclosed area - particularly during a fire. Plenum area in buildings often extend to multiple rooms or extend throu
access services
plenum area
RS-232
NIC (Network Interface Card)
19. IPX
Application
Internetwork Packet Exchange
terminal
MAN
20. The way nodes responds to a collision
host
Telnet
plenum area
collision detection
21. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
wavelength
telnet
ISOC (Internet Society)
Network
22. Strategy that combines the best of the other two strategies; while individual agents still analyze and respond to local threats - their reporting to a hierarchical central facility enables the organization to detect widespread attacks
Network File System
transceiver
terminators
partially distributed control strategy
23. The act of hacking into a hacker's system to find out as much as possible about the hacker
Data Terminal Equipment
back hack
Peer-to-peer network
Gateway Services for NetWare
24. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
protocol
OSI Layer 3
Primary Rate Interface
25. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
firmware
Application
media
Management Information Base
26. All wires are reversed
backbone
route
NTP
rollover cable
27. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Domain Name System (DNS)
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
signal bounce
28. IMAP4
SLIP
access point
Crossover Cable
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
29. A series of interconnected computers - printing devices - and other computer equipment that shares hardware and software resources. The service area usually is limited to a given office area - floor - or building.
Local area network (LAN)
mtr (my traceroute)
terminal
client
30. SNMP
SNMP
S-HTTP
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Simple Network Management Protocol
31. An IP addressing convention that adheres to network class distinctions - in which the first 8 bits of a Class A address - the first 16 bits of a Class B address - and the first 24 bits of a Class C address are used for network Information
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Classful Addressing
station
32. QoS technique enables packet switches technologies to travel over traditionally circuit switched connections
Frequency Division Multiplexing
MPLS
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
association
33. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.
dig (domain information groper)
statistical multiplexing
cp connection
DNS
34. OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Data Link
SMTP server name
HTTPS
35. 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.
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
PPP
TCP/IP
POP3
36. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC
logical address
Same Layer Interaction
logical link control (LLC)
topology
37. The number of times a signal's amplitude changes over a fixed period of time - expressed in cycles per second - Hz
ethernet
VPN
Ethernet
Frequency
38. Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
logical address
CSMA/CD
Canonical Name
Class B Network
39. Bootstrap Protocol
BOOTP
Client Software
OSI
port 110
40. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
transceiver
IEEE
Channel Service Unit
confidence value
41. Application that will allow you to configure the workstation to tally these errors and send you and email message every time a problem occured
confidence value
HTTPS
event viewer
PAT (Port Address Translation)
42. The part of a network to which segments and significant shared devices connect
Port Numbers
CSMA/CD
backbone
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
43. An international organization of scientists - engineers - technicians - and educators that plays a leading role in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
Improperly configured switch
Protocol Data Unit
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
44. The _____________ allows certain bits of the IP address to be ignored when checking to see if an IP address matches the destination network address.
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Subnetmask
internetwork
Port Numbers
45. Used with single mode or multi mode fiber optic cable
intrusion reaction
Block ID
standard connector
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
46. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
metropolitan area network (MAN)
802.16
ICMP
47. The shorter the wavelength
server
fiber optic connector
the higher the frequency
collision detection
48. SSH
analog
rollover cable
Multimode fiber
Secure Shell
49. Process of grouping almost identical alarms occurring at almost same time into single higher-level alarm
alarm clustering and compaction
PAP
switch
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
50. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
Gigabit Ethernet
Domain Name
Conduit
Same Layer Interaction