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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Which layer in the OSI network model is responsible for providing a set of interfaces for applications to obtain access to networked services?
Quality of Service
hot site
evasion
Application Layer
2. First part of the datagram - which consists of general information about the size of the packet - the protocol that was used to send it - and the IP address of both the source computer and its destination.
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
header
peer-to-peer network
Channel
3. Reverse address resolution protocol
media access control (MAC)
SMF
RARP
Category 5e
4. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
10BASE2 Limit
Gigabit Interface Converter
Transport Layer
5. 128-191
network class B
Fault tolerance
Hertz
POP3
6. Process of adjusting IDPS to maximize efficiency in detecting true positives - while minimizing false positives and false negatives
Presentation Layer
Network Behavior Analysis
star-wired ring topology
tuning
7. Measure of a signal's strength
Amplitude
Domain Name Service
pstn
10Base-T
8. Is used to route electronic mail through the internetwork
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
OSI Layer 6
ADSL
phishing
9. HDLC
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
High-Level Data Link Control
Telnet
Quality of Service
10. Feeding everybody in building
voltage
omnidirectional antenna
connection oriented
OSI Reference to TCP
11. Form of transmission in which signals are modulated as radiofrequency analog pulses with different frequency ranges; does not involve binary coding
Group Policy Object
social engineering
SCP
Broadband
12. Domain Name System
DNS
where NICs operate
Regeneration
Localhost
13. An error condition on a token ring network that indicates one or more nodes is not functioning.
packet
beaconing
connectivity device
Media Converter
14. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
route
Correct default gateway
Hyper text transfer protocol
Application
15. Narrow core - light travels in one path - longest distance - more expensive then MMF
connectivity device
Transport
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
SMF
16. Data Link Layer
Latency
EMI
10 Gigabit Ethernet
WAN Connectivity
17. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol
TCP/IP
latency
media
Network
18. Connector with 9 pins - commonly used in a serial communication that conforms to the rs-232 standard
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
alarm clustering and compaction
OSI
DB-9 connector
19. International Organization for Standardization
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISO
packet
Data Link
20. Which protocol allows the transfer of a file from one computer to another over the network?
transport layer
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
Channel
File Transfer Protocol
21. The _____________ allows computers to 'talk' to themselves on a different port.
NNTP
IPSec
Localhost
Transport Layer
22. DSU
MAN
Data Service Unit
SNMP
Ethernet (characteristics)
23. Provides strung security for HTTP- transpored information - but it is only used by some vendor's application
internetwork
Data Link
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
API (application program interface)
24. Glass/plastic - light pulses high throughput - resistant to noise - most expensive cable
addressing
fiber optic cable
switch
directional antennas
25. Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide assurance against equipment failures - computer service interruptions - and data loss.
Frame
Broadcast
star topology
Fault tolerance
26. Trivial File Transfer Protocol
serial
OSI Reference to TCP
TFTP
STP
27. Electromagnetic interference. waves from electrical devices. ex. RFI
dedicated lines
Simple Network Management Protocol
Frames
EMI
28. An algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame.
latency
FDM
DB-25 connector
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
29. Frequency modulation-frequency of signal is modified
FM
Firewall Filtering
application protocol verification
Hubs
30. Data Link Layer
NIC
OSI Layer 2
connection
event viewer
31. International Organization for Standardization
link establishment phase
padded cell
ISO
Binary
32. Digital subscriber line- support multiple data and voice channels over a single line - extraordinary throughput though telephone lines
DSL
crossover cable
Secure Copy Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
33. AMI
Alternate Mark Inversion
CSMA/CD
LAN
ISDN
34. Trivial file transfer protocol
TFTP
NIC (Network Interface Card)
communications media
CHAP
35. EFS
Frames
FTP
Multistation Access Unit
Encrypting File System
36. Degradation of a light signal on a fiber-optic network
geosynchronous
Optical Loss
OSI Layer 5
Presentation
37. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
Optical Loss
Network Layer (Layer 3)
ISOC
FTP
38. A type of address translation in which each private IP address is correlated with its own Internet-recognized IP address.
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
File Transfer Protocol
NNTP
802.11b
39. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication
Post Office Protocol
IEEE
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
kereberos
40. Resistance that contributes to controlling an electrical signal; measured in ohms
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
packet
Impedance
41. Coordinates and maintains communications between two nodes on the network
port 123
session layer
ASCII
EAP
42. Networking technology developed at Xerox in the 70s and improved by Digital Equipment Corp - Inel - and Xerox. Most common form of network transmission - follows IEEE 802.3 standard
amplitude
Ethernet
Network Address Translation
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
43. Transport layer protocol that requires the establishment of a connection between communicating nodes before it will transmit data
Bend Radius
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
connection oriented
network monitor
44. An adapter board designed to connect a workstation - server - or other network device to a network medium.
NIC
Network Information Service
Network interface card (NIC)
MAC sublayer
45. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server
Network
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
topology
Structure
46. Data Link sublayer that manages flow control
Secure File Transfer Protocol
LLC
Block ID
FF02
47. A protocol that runs in the Dession and Transport layers of the OSI model and associates NetBIOS names with workstations. NetBIOS alone is not routable because it does not contain Network Layer information. However - when encapsulated in another prot
frame
authentication
NetBIOs
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
48. A term used to refer to data within the Network layer of the OSI model.
BOOTP
datagram
dig (domain information groper)
DNS
49. The Application layer TCP/IP subprotocol responsible for moving messages from one e-mail server to another.
Internet Protocol Security
Canonical Name
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
50. Open System Interconnection
OSI
Presentation
network-based IDPS (NIDPS)
T-Carrier Level 1