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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. RJ 11
PING
telephone connector
honey pot
netstat
2. Measure of frequency equivalent to the number of amplitude cycles per second
Gigabit Interface Converter
Hertz
standard
TFTP
3. Routes packets through network
encapsulate
white/orange and orange
UTP
Network
4. Domain Name System
RS 232
multipath
Application
DNS
5. Data circuit-terminating equipment. multiplexer or modem
cross talk
point to multipoint
DCE
multiple access
6. 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.
shielded twisted-paired (STP) cable
false attack stimulus
analog signal
connection
7. 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
plenum area
Host
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
8. The IEEE 802.3ae standard for Ethernet communications at 10 Gbps
RADIUS
power over ethernet
Internetwork Packet Exchange
10 Gigabit Ethernet
9. Issue signals along a network medium
mtr (my traceroute)
transmit
Presentation
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
10. Equals a single pulse in the digital encoding system
MAC address
medium
SONET
Bit
11. 1-126
SFP
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
network class a
DHCP
12. A network topology in which all of the nodes are connected to a central line or bus
bus topology
frequency
Transmission media
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
13. Electromagnetic interference
Session
rj-11
EMI
Terminator
14. FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
port 21
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
sequencing
15. The communication between two networking devices for the purposes of the functions defined at a particular layer of a networking model - with the communication happening by using a header defined by that layer of the model. The two devices set values
CSMA/CD
Computer network
Same Layer Interaction
Alien Cross Talk
16. Appends physical address of destination computer onto the frame
MAC sublayer
attenuation
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Network
17. A Data Link sublayer that examines addressing information contained in a network frame and controls how devices share communications on the same network.
AM
baseband
media access control (MAC)
session
18. Physical Layer
star topology
Populated Segment
protocol stack verification
OSI Layer 1
19. 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.
Microbrowser
Repeaters
fiber optic connector
Local area network (LAN)
20. Prevents two nodes transmitting at the same time
Data Link
Flow Control
Application Layer
connectionless
21. This layer in the OSI transforms bits into electromagnetic signals.
SONET
Physical Layer
roaming
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
22. Measure of a signal's strength
Cladding
Amplitude
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Application
RAS
23. Basic error correction and detection
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
Data Link
udp
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
24. The process of connecting to a wireless network
802.44
association
footprinting
ESS
25. String used to identify an access point - configure on your new access points to match the settings on existing access points
Cross Talk
SSID
Attenuation
MultiStation Access Unit
26. An error condition on a token ring network that indicates one or more nodes is not functioning.
beaconing
multiple access
DSSS
802.44
27. Collection of honey pots connecting several honey pot systems on a subnet
Network
POP3
honey net
Layer 2 Forwarding
28. Which protocol is responsible for routing packets around the network?
link establishment phase
Internet Protocol
1000base-lx
TFTP
29. IRC
Network File System (NFS)
Internet Relay Chat
Bus topology
American Wire Gauge
30. Secure Shell
Secure Shell
Gigabit Ethernet
SSH
802.11n
31. Brief delay in processing - length of cable can contribute to this
latency
Internet Protocol
Regeneration
network access method
32. Data Link Layer
Mac Addressing
Session layer
EAP
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
33. Addresses packet size
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Presentation
Data Link
network access method
34. PAP
connectivity device
transmit
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Password Authentication Protocol
35. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6
Transport
coaxial cable
Protocol Data Unit
POP3
36. Restructuring data units that have been segmented
protocol and services
reassembly
Plenum
fragmentation
37. Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
CSMA/CD
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IP (Internet Protocol)
Network Information Service
38. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
802.16
physical layer device
39. Knows which VLAN a stream of data belongs to by reading a tad added to each frames header
peer-to-peer network
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Regeneration
switch
40. In CIDR notation - the number of bits used for an extended network prefix. For example - the CIDR block for 199.34.89.0/22 is /22
CIDR block
1550bytes
Client Software
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
41. MDIX
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
OSI Layer 2
Internet Key Exchange
ISP (Internet service provider)
42. A form of fiber-optic cable that supports only one signal transmission at a time and that is used mainly for long- distance communication.
Static IP Addressing
single-mode fiber-optic cable
wide area network (WAN)
NetWare Loadable Module
43. Internet control message protocol
modifying the file-sharing controls
Encrypting File System
ICMP
Management Information Base
44. A protocol data unit that has been transfered between OSI layers and then stripped of control information and transfere instructions.
RADIUS
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
service data unit (SDU)
ANSI
45. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
Kroner
centralized control strategy
network interface card (NIC)
Class A Network
46. Tool used to determine whether a customers line is obtaining dial tone from the CO
OSI
Physical Layer
butt set
reassembly
47. Communications for continuous burst of data controlled by a clock signal that starts each burst.
broadcast storm
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
synchronous communications
Application Layer
48. Reverse address resolution protocol
RARP
star topology
backbone
CRC
49. Process of grouping almost identical alarms occurring at almost same time into single higher-level alarm
Coaxial Cable
footprinting
alarm clustering and compaction
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
50. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
connection
half duplex
PDU
baseband
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