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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Type of interference caused by signals traveling on nearby wire pairs infringing on another pair's signal
OSI Layer 7
Data Link
Cross Talk
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
2. The NIC and network equipment are set up so they cannot send and receive at the same time
Half Duplex NIC Communication
token ring
Shielded Twised Pair
Data Link
3. A station checks for existing wireless transmissions before starting the transmission
FTP
Packet
Data Link (Layer 2)
CSMA/CA
4. A data encryption technique employed between a server and a client - such as between a client's browser and an Internet server.
Channel Service Unit
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Domain Controller
5. 4th layer; protocols ensure that data are transferred from point A to point B reliably and without errors; services include flow control - acknowledgment - error correction - segmentation - reassembly - and sequencing
f type connector
port 53
Host
Transport layer
6. # of times that waves amplitude cycles - hertz
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
frequency
Physical
protocol
7. (local area network) network of computers and others that is confined to a relatively small space
LAN
American Wire Gauge
SONET
10Base-T
8. Style of data transmission in which the pulses that represent bits follow one another along a single transmission line; sequentially issued
Serial
Punch-Down Block
intrusion reaction
EMI
9. The wave splits into secondary waves
crossover cable
diffraction
NAT (Network Address Translation)
transport layer
10. Also called the star-bus hybrid topology - a network design that combines the logial comunications of a bus with the physical layout of a star.
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
NAT (Network Address Translation)
star-wired bus topology
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
11. Layer 1
Berkeley Software Distribution
device address
DSLAM
Physical
12. Controls how applications access network
Application
802.5
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
13. Useful for troubleshooting a network connectivity problem from workstation to another workstation
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
reassembly
crossover cable
twisted-pair cable
14. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet
bandwidth
router
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
RS-232
15. Provides th transfer medium (such as cable) - Translates data into a transmission signal appropriate to the transfer medium - Sends the signal along the transfer medium - Includes the pyical layout of the network - Monitors for transmission error - D
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
connection
Improperly configured switch
DSL
16. RDP
SMTP
MultiStation Access Unit
802.11n
Remote Desktop Protocol
17. HDLC
collision
UTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
High-Level Data Link Control
18. One transmitter issues signals to multiple receivers; receivers may be undefined or defined
Point-to-Multipoint
CHAP
TDM
physical media
19. Event that triggers alarm when no actual attack is in progress
protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
SYN-ACK (synchronization-acknowledgment)
false attack stimulus
20. A TCP/IP utility that allows you to look up the DNS host name of a network node by specifying its IP address - or vice versa. This is useful for verifying that a hos is configured correctly and for troubleshooting DNS resolution problems
internetwork
nslookup
mtr (my traceroute)
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
21. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
port 143
Application Layer
Crosstalk
Universal serial bus
22. Prevents two nodes transmitting at the same time
WAN
Host
Data Link
simplex
23. Facilities necessary for a service provider to connect with another organization LAN or WAN
Incorrect cable type
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
Entrance Facilities
noise
24. Twist wire so you don't get interference on the memory
local area network (LAN)
Same Layer Interaction
fixing cross talk
SMTP server name
25. Enables sharing remote drivers - Enables sharing remote printers - Handles e-mail messages - Provides file transfer services - Provides file management services - Provides terminal emulation
Service Set Identifier
bandwidth
Application Layer (Layer 7)
802.3
26. Issue signals along a network medium
100base-tx
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
transmit
Near End Cross Talk
27. Each node is connected to the two nearest nodes so that the entire network forms a circle - active - twisted pair of fiber optic - single malfunction in workstation can disable entire network - not flexible or scalbe
baseband
analog adv
ssl
ring topology
28. What is an agreed set of rules that two parties agree on in order to communicate with each other commanly known as?
Transport
internetwork
A Protocol
STP
29. RAS
Remote Access Service
access services
attenuation
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
30. Software that is stored on a chip in a device - such as in a ROM - and that typically composes some type of system software
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
peer-to-peer network
firmware
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
31. Uses light to communicate a signal; the light is dispersed on numerous paths as it travels through the core and is reflected back. Provides high bandwidth at high speeds over medium distances up to about 3000 feet
crossover cable
Plenum
Multimode fiber
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
32. Amplitude - frequency (Hz) - wavelength - wavy line
Internet Information Services
analog signal
modifying the file-sharing controls
Modulation
33. The process of enclosing data for transmission
MAN
encapsulation
Noise
twisted pair connector
34. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server
PSTN
SONET
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Host
35. The process of reconstructing segmented data
ssl
Bandwidth
reassembly
Packets
36. NAT
Ethernet
rollover cable
IANA
Network Address Translation
37. Unit of data at any layer of the OSI model
API (application program interface)
diffraction
Secure Shell
PDU (protocol data unit)
38. PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
half duplex
where NICs operate
Channel Service Unit
39. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information.
encryption
Impedance
1000base-lx
back door
40. Ethernet communications at speeds up to 100 Mbps as defined under the IEEE 802.3u standard.
host
binary
Fast Ethernet
Cable Plant
41. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
tuning
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
cat 5
Transport
42. CHAP
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
Category 6
802.2
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
43. Similar to bus topology - but the ends are connected
File Transfer Protocol
ring topology
radio frequency interference (RFI)
Computer network
44. Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
IEEE
CSMACD
AUI
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
45. Data Link Layer
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Ethernet
ARP
46. Error detection and correction
Class C Network
Transport
encapsulate
slip
47. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
Coaxial Cable
network class C
digital adv
ACK (acknowledgement)
48. Constructs data frames using the appropriate format for the network - reatea CRC information - Checks for errors using CRC information - Retransmits data if there is error - Initiates the communications link and makes sure it is not interrupted - thu
Authentication Header
omnidirectional antenna
demand priority
Data Link (Layer 2)
49. A physical layer standard that defines a method for building a synchronous telecommunications network based on fiber-optic cables.
BSS
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
SONET
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
50. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
Unshielded twisted pair
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
MAC
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)