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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. The way nodes responds to a collision
collision detection
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Category 3
SSL
2. MAU
Multistation Access Unit
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
POP (Post Office Protocol)
DHCP
3. Service that supports email
communications services
Frequency Division Multiplexing
RARP
Repeater
4. An advantage of networks
Single mode fiber
networks enable users to share resources
802.11
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
5. Ensures that messages being transmitted on the internet are private and tamper proof
EAPoL
Transport Layer Security (TSL)
Network
802.3
6. 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
NetBIOs
intrusion reaction
IETE
SDU
7. Is a protocol designed for managing complex networks
Simple Network Management protocol (SNMP)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Network Address Translation
8. A remote connection where the client computer is a low-end computer that communicates with a terminal server.
EMI
thin client computing
ISOC
STP
9. Used to log on to a UNIX host
Data Link
Firewall configured correctly
802.3
telnet
10. An Application layer protocol used to retrieve messages from a mail server. When a client retrieves mail via POP - messages previously stored on the mail server are downloaded to the client's workstation - and then deleted from the mail server.
radiation pattern
Client
POP (Post Office Protocol)
IGMP
11. A type of multimode fiber-optic cable in which the light-based signals follow uniform curved routes inside the cable - resulting in signals that all arrive at the same time and with less long-distance distortion than step-index cable.
network monitor
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
ICAN
ANSI
12. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
Telnet
intranet
TFTP
network access method
13. A shell protocol that enables systems to use various authenticaion mechanisms.
EAP
local area network (LAN)
Modulation
ISO
14. A type of address translation in which each private IP address is correlated with its own Internet-recognized IP address.
Device power unplugged
Class C Network
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
overhead
15. GSNW
Peer-to-peer network
Gateway Services for NetWare
Service Set Identifier
DTE
16. A transmitter concentrates the signal energy at a single frequency or in a very small range of frequencies
narrowband
IEEE
Hertz
ATU-R
17. Alert or alarm that occurs in the absence of an actual attack
Independent Computer Architecture
Static IP Addressing
backbone
false positive
18. Layer 6
DSLAM
Presentation
Frequency
Channel
19. Error detection and correction
Transport
Secure Shell
NetWare Directory Services
stp
20. Transport Layer
Port Numbers
Data Terminal Equipment
RTT
Routing
21. An IP addressing convention that adheres to network class distinctions - in which the first 8 bits of a Class A address - the first 16 bits of a Class B address - and the first 24 bits of a Class C address are used for network Information
OSI
twisted pair connector
Secure Copy Protocol
Classful Addressing
22. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
analog
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Frequency Division Multiplexing
analog adv
23. A TCP/IP utility that queries the DNS database and provides information about a host given its IP address or vice versa. Dig is similar to the nslookup utility - but provides more information - even in its simplest form - than nslookup can.
honey net
bandwidth
FTP
dig (domain information groper)
24. Name Of Layer 7
VPN
Application
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
TDMA
25. FTP - file transfer- control
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
802.11n
port 21
public network
26. 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
Host
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Frames
intrusion detection system (IDS)
27. Supplying electrical power through ethernet
Segments
power over ethernet
dedicated lines
Electrical Signaling
28. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
trap and trace
Simple Network Management Protocol
SMF
WINS
29. Connection-less
udp
Packet
OSI Layer 1
User Datagram Protocol
30. Hard-to-define skills such as dependability
soft skills
Punch-Down Block
Category 5e
cabeloco
31. Type of sensor deployed in such a way that the network traffic it is monitoring must pass through it.
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
inline sensor
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
Ethernet
32. Refers to the IEEE 802.3z and IEEE 802.3ab standard for Ethernet communications speed up to 1 Gbps.
goodput
Class D Network
authentication
Gigabit Ethernet
33. IPX & SPX
SMTP
DB-9 connector
TCP/IP Vs. Netware: Transport & Internet
port 123
34. 128 -64 -32 -16 -8 -4 -2 -1
TFTP
RAS
binary
public network
35. Is a method for automatically assigning address and other configuration parameters to network hosts.
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
Classful Addressing
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
ANSI
36. After typing ping 127.0.0.1 - it tells you the test failed
link establishment phase
TCP/IP protocol failure
IDPS terrorist
Classful Addressing
37. IMAP4
ANDing
route
protocol
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
38. International Organization for Standardization
demilitarized zone
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
ISO
device ID
39. Large networks 1-126
CSMACD
Loose network cable connection
Class A Network
OSI
40. A data transmission rate
Gigabit Interface Converter
bandwidth
RAS
Backup Domain Controller
41. The general topic of how on one computer - two adjacent layers in a networking architectural model work together - with the lower layer proving services to the higher layer.
leased line
Class A
alarm clustering and compaction
Adjacent Layer Interaction
42. A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the same floor in a building - on different floors - and across long distances.
backbone
Session
TCP port 23
Physical layer
43. Compatible with 802.11a - b - g 600-65 throughput
PPP
802.11n
WAN Connectivity
SLIP
44. Teflon-coated cable that is used in plenum area because it does not emit a toxic vapor when burned
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
Data Link (Layer 2)
plenum cables
MPLS
45. Is an e mail retival protocol designed to enabel users to access their e-mail from various locations
client/server
Microbrowser
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
SMF
46. Strategy in which all IDPS control functions are implemented and managed in a central location
Device power off
ethernet
centralized control strategy
router
47. Process of grouping almost identical alarms occurring at almost same time into single higher-level alarm
SDU
node
WAN
alarm clustering and compaction
48. A fixed number associated with a device's NIC
logical address
terminator
fiber optic cable
Organizational Unit
49. This layer in the OSI network model manages log on procedures and password recognition.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Session Layer
network interface card (NIC)
SMTP (Simple Mail transfer Protocol)
50. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Apple File Protocol
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
Correct default gateway
workstation