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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. Hypertext Transfer Protocol






2. Network news transfer protocol






3. Compatible with 802.11a - b - g 600-65 throughput






4. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable






5. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application






6. Prevents broadcast storms by enabling switches to calculate paths that avoid potential loops and artificially block the links that would complete a loop






7. Twisted pair patch cable in which the termination locations of the transmit and receive wires on one end of the cable are reversed






8. Transport Layer






9. A computer on a network that requests services or resources from another computer on a network






10. Internet society






11. Uses frame headers






12. Transport Layer






13. IEEE standard for wireless networking






14. These reside on a computer or appliance connected to network segment and monitor network traffic






15. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).






16. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network






17. Delay between the transmission of a signal and its receipt






18. F type (like TV cable) or BNC (crimped)






19. Data transmission that involves one transmitter and one receiver






20. User watching an episode of TV show over the internet is what kind of communication






21. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves






22. 1-126






23. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC






24. (fix) if analog an amplifier or if digital with repeater






25. Layer 1 Troubleshooting






26. CSU






27. A specialized UN agency that provides developing countries with technical expertise and equipment






28. Device that connects network segments and directs data based on information in the data packet






29. Signal that uses variable voltage to create continuous waves - resulting in an inexact transmission






30. Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers






31. In TCP - a term used to describe a TCP header and its encapsulated data (also called an L4PDU). Also in TCP - the process of accepting a large chunk of data from the application layer and breaking it into smaller pieces that fit into TCP segments. In






32. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer






33. Hardware that constitutes the enterprise-wide cabling system






34. Does not operate at the application layer






35. Packet a node sends to acknowledge that it received a SYN request for connection; 2nd of three-step connection process






36. Device that receives and retransmits microwave data signals






37. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly






38. The pattern used to install a network medium






39. Unlicensed band with 11 channels






40. BDC






41. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.






42. BootP






43. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.






44. TFTP is a TCP/IP file transfer protocol that is designed for task such as the transfer of data to enable a diskless workstation to boot using files trasmitted from a server






45. MDIX






46. 1000 representatives from industry and gov't who determine standards for electronics - chemical and nuclear engineering - health and safety - and construction






47. Produces guidelines for how network cable should be installed in commercial buildings






48. Multiplexing based on priority






49. 12 digits - A-F/0-9






50. Name Of Layer 7