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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Unix command at shell prompt to send a file to printer
backbone cabling
port 69
lpr filename
Session Layer
2. A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
rj-45
network
802.11n
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
3. Packet internet groper
physical layer device
DHCP
PING
dedicated lines
4. 2nd set of characteristics that make up a device's MAC address. Added at the factory and is based on the device's model and manufacture date
device ID
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
connectionless
Media Converter
5. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Multimode fiber
File Transfer Protocol
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
6. HDLC
application protocol verification
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
High-Level Data Link Control
Local area network (LAN)
7. A remote connection where the client computer is a low-end computer that communicates with a terminal server.
phase
thin client computing
Category 1
Post Office Protocol version 3
8. Ppp over ethernet
Secure Shell (SSH
pppoe
Error Handling
Impedance
9. Secure Sockets Layer
Frequency Division Multiplexing
Logical Link Control
SSL
full mesh
10. Network Layer
OSI Layer 3
voltage
Entrance Facilities
CSU/DSU
11. Transmission that involves one transmitter and multiple - undefined receivers
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
802.3af
Binary
Broadcast
12. A network design built by running cable from one PC of file server to the next - like links in a chain.
Intermediate Distribution Frame
bus topology
Secure Copy
Category 5e
13. Device that receives and retransmits microwave data signals
satellite
Universal serial bus
PSTN
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
14. Which layer in the OSI is responsible for routing and controling the flow of packets around the network?
Network Layer
Transport
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
Static IP Addressing
15. Model for understanding and developing computer-to-computer communication developed in the 80s by ISO; divides networking functions among 7 layers
passive scanning
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
segmentation
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer
16. A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus network - so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment stops. Absorbing the signals ensures they are not reflected back onto the cable after they reach the end
port 443
Terminator
Connectors
bandwidth
17. Consists of activities that deter intrusion
Data Link
DSL
cp connection
intrusion prevention
18. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
broadband
udp
trap and trace
signal
19. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
cabeloco
message and circuit
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
OSI Layer 6
20. Strength of digital signal
FTP
TFTP
ISO
voltage
21. Cause by EMI/RFI - and other packets - interference on the signal
Full Duplex NIC Communication
workstation
switch
noise
22. Is usde to communicate time synchronization information between systemson a network
Point-to-Multipoint
Microbrowser
BSS
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
23. A gateway that operates on the Internet backbone.
port 69
block ID
Core Gateway
Multistation Access Unit
24. The means through which data is transmitted and received
cat 5
transmission media
alert or alarm
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
25. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
Gigabit Ethernet
Electrical Signaling
fully distributed control strategy
social engineering
26. Positive and zero. 1 and 0's.
RTT
binary
HTTPS
RealVNC
27. Amplitude modulation-amplitude of signal is modified
link quality monitoring
Service Set Identifier
AM
CSMACD
28. Application Layer
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
SONET
Correct default gateway
Telnet
29. Connection-less
udp
digital signal
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
wavelength
30. Transport Layer
OSI Layer 4
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
Impedance
IP address within the assigned network
31. Media access control
Conduit
Client
MAC
HTTP
32. Junction point between the MDF and concentrations of fewer connections; those that terminate in a telecommunications closet
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Attenuation
Intermediate Distribution Frame
33. ACL
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Access Control List
network class a
Secure Copy Protocol
34. CDFS
Common Internet File System
passive topology
port 25
CD-ROM File System
35. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
Entrance Facilities
EAP
event viewer
RARP
36. To make more efficient use of limited numbers of legitimate IP addressing
subnetting purpose
FDM
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
Protocol Data Unit
37. AMI
transmit
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Network Access
modem
Alternate Mark Inversion
38. Prevents broadcast storms by enabling switches to calculate paths that avoid potential loops and artificially block the links that would complete a loop
STP
ARP
wide area network (WAN)
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
39. Device with little - if any - of it's own processing or disk capacity; depends on a host to supply it with applications and data-processing services
transmit
terminal
full duplex
Network Information Service
40. The IEEE stanard for error and flow control in data frames.
Class E Network
session
flow control
802.2
41. SCP
Secure Copy Protocol
Application
Virtual Private Network
Channel Service Unit
42. International society composed of engineering professionals - promotes development and education in the electrical engineering and computer fields
802.5
Common Internet File System
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
fingerprinting
43. A connector used to terminate coaxial cable used for transmitting television and broadband cable signals
soft skills
f type connector
Internet Protocol
SMF
44. Telephone jacks
encapsulation
ASCII
Core Gateway
rj-11
45. The combination of an IP address's network ID and subnet information. By interpreting the address's extended network prefix - a device can determine the subnet to which an address belongs.
Extended Network Prefix
FM
American Wire Gauge
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
46. IDPS that reviews log files from servers - network devices - and other IDPSs for signatures indicating an attack or intrusion
router
IP Addressing
scattering
log file monitor (LFM) IDPS
47. MT-RJ
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
connectionless
mtr (my traceroute)
BSS
48. Address Resolution Protocol
physical layer device
ARP
ANSI
Cable Plant
49. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
Networking Model
session layer
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
NNTP
50. Data Link Layer
passive scanning
Correct default gateway
Frames
OSI Layer 4
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