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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. 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
telephone connector
bus topology
power budget
Segment
2. The total amount of opposition to the flow of current.
star wired ring
impedance
MAN
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
3. Transport Layer
fiber-optic cables
communications media
OSI Layer 4
Correct subnet mask
4. Feeding everybody in building
alien cross talk
omnidirectional antenna
Application Layer
stp
5. Virtually local area network-device-switch
VLAN
Microbrowser
Network Switching
Data Terminal Equipment
6. What is the term used when every host on the network has a fixed IP address?
Static IP Addressing
MAC address
ssl
Protocol Data Unit
7. Data only
goodput
Application Layer (Layer 7)
OSI Layer 4
HTTPS
8. Signals travel in one direction
simplex
multiplexing
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
virture privat network (VPN)
9. Manages network communication - available on a CD-ROM for example - that is used to manage communications and how frames or packets are sent using a protocol.
802.11a
NIC drivers
100base-tx
RAS
10. Data changed since the previous fill or incremental backup
incremental backup
Demarcation Point
MAC address
server
11. A cable TV company - such as Comcast Broadband.
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
cabeloco
Patch Panel
DB-25 connector
12. Asynchronous digital subscriber line. Method of providing internet service that uses the standard phone line - but transmits data at a different frequency than voice. Faster than ISDN.
Nonbroadcast Point-to-Multipoint Transmission
ADSL
plenum area
Category 3
13. Restructuring data units that have been segmented
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
reassembly
false positive
Data Service Unit
14. Multiple physical/non-physical mediums for connecting computers
Ethernet
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
ring topology
media
15. A system of computers - print devices - network devices - and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
Domain Name Service
Computer network
intrusion reaction
POP3
16. Central component of a cable designed to carry a signal
switch
site policy
Improperly configured switch
Core
17. An enclosed area - such as a false floor - or ceiling - in which pressure from air or gas can be greater than the pressure outside the enclosed area - particularly during a fire. Plenum area in buildings often extend to multiple rooms or extend throu
Application Layer
plenum area
802.2
Main Distribution Frame
18. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
TCP/IP Transport Layer Encapsulation
Local area network (LAN)
SSL
Network layer
19. A connecting device for a network that accepts messages and passes them on to other parts of the network. Generally more intelligent than a hub.
Data Link layer
intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS)
switch
Gigabit Ethernet
20. Short reach. only multimode-max length is 500. baseband transmission. 1000 mpbs.
1000base-sx
WAN
connectivity device
partially distributed control strategy
21. A network topology in which all of the nodes are connected to a central line or bus
bus topology
Incorrect cable type
Star topology
OSI
22. A technique for transmitting data over a network by encapsulating it within another protocol.
TDM
CSMA/CD
cat 5
tunneling
23. Device similar to a burglar alarm in that it detects a violation and activates an alarm.
rollover cable
intrusion detection system (IDS)
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
passive scanning
24. FM
Frequency Modulation
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Backup Domain Controller
NIC drivers
25. Describes the relative strength over a three dimensional area of an antenna
Impedance
API (application program interface)
HTTP
radiation pattern
26. Is used to enable IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on a network.
physical media
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
simplex
Domain Name System (DNS)
27. Hardware address of the network interface card
MAC
tuning
event viewer
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
28. Offers one way for a computer to access another computer over the network or over the Internet. For example - an IBM programmer can use Telnet on a Windows XP or Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer to access a mainframe though the Internet
token
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Telnet
29. The device inside a computer that connect a computer to the network media
NIC
connectionless
MAC address
::1
30. Presentation Layer
OSI Layer 6
Point-to-Point Protocol
TCP/IP Network Access Layer Encapsulation
fault tolerance
31. Method of trasmitting data from a satellite
microwave
NetWare Core Protocol
Full-Duplex
Application
32. 128-191
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
bandwidth
network class B
802.11a
33. Metropolitan area network
Electrical Signaling
MAN
Kerberos
plain old telephone service (POTS)
34. Data circuit-terminating equipment. multiplexer or modem
DCE
Bus topology
Correct default gateway
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
35. Professional organization with 90 chapters around the world that helps to establish technical standards for the internet
Ring topology
Transmission Protocol (TCP)
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
ISOC (Internet Society)
36. Local area network
LAN
Transport Layer
Secure Shell
evasion
37. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
transceiver
link quality monitoring
satellite
Category 5e
38. OSPF
HTTP
Open Shortest Path First
port 25
Bend Radius
39. Dynamic host configuration protocol
DHCP
false positive
LAN
::1
40. Doesn't use frame headers - uses cells
Category 5e
DSL
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
ATM
41. 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.
RADIUS
dig (domain information groper)
Network File System (NFS)
alarm clustering and compaction
42. A standard method or format for communication between networked devices
Transmission media
protocol
bridge
Connectors
43. Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in a data frame
Presentation layer
header
File Transfer Protocol
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
44. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Altenative name: 1000BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3ab - Cable type: copper max length 100m
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
Post Office Protocol version 3
MAU
Layer 2 Forwarding
45. IDPS that examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures
butt set
encryption
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
IGMP
46. Physical Layer
CSMA/CA
FM
Correct default gateway
Hubs
47. Physical layout of a star topology and also ring logical topology
Electrical Signaling
netstat
padded cell
star wired ring
48. Transmission control Protocol/Internet protocol
TCP/IP
MultiStation Access Unit
Bit-Error Rate Test
client
49. 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.
header
FDDI
SNMP
802.44
50. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
Domain Name System (DNS)
Bus topology
ssl
multiprotocol label switching