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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Developed by ISO and ANSI - a model that providees a framework for networked hardware and software communication based on seven layers.
telephone connector
Static IP Addressing
ICAN
Open System Interconnection (OSI) referance model
2. POP3 - post office protocol 3
physical layer device
802.3af
Bit
port 110
3. 5 segments b/w two nodes - 4 repeating devices - and 3 segments connected by two repeating devices
5-4-3 rule
segmentation
logical address
Server
4. Allows for secure interactive control of remote systems
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Secure Shell (SSH
checksum
Application
5. Electromagnetic interference. waves from electrical devices. ex. RFI
soft skills
EMI
Application
WAN
6. 3rd layer; protocols translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver
slip
::1
half duplex
Network layer
7. Satellite used for broadband internet access
geosynchronous
Network News Transport Protocol
802.3
peer-to-peer network
8. Gives each node unique address
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
Transport
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
9. Slow wireless standard 11-18 throughput
site policy awareness
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
Digital
802.11a
10. A generic term referring to the header defined by some layer of a networking model - and the data encapsulated by the header ( and possibly trailer) of that layer - but specifically not including an lower-layer headers and trailers.
twisted pair connector
FDDI
Protocol Data Unit
Session
11. IEEE standard describing specifications for wireless transmissions
Network
802.11
connectivity device
Ethernet
12. Secure sockets layer-encyrpts TCP/IP transmission including web forms- en route b/w the client server using public key encryption technology
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
ssl
latency
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
13. Network layer device
router
connectionless
Remote Desktop Protocol
Simple Network Management Protocol
14. Using part of a leased line
site policy awareness
port 22
fractionalizing
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
15. An IDPS that resides on particular computer or server (the host) and monitors activity only on that system. Also known as system integrity verifiers.
firmware
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
host-based IDPS (HIPDS)
segmentation
16. Layer 1 Troubleshooting
Data Link
Faulty network cable
NIC
association
17. Attacker who utilizes tactics designed to trip the organization's IDPS - essentially causing the organization to conduct its own DoS attack - but overreacting to an actual - but insignificant - attack.
Active Directory
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
IDPS terrorist
66 Block
18. Station transmits a probe that is then replied by the access point
active scanning
lpr filename
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Application Layer
19. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
Group Policy Object
pstn
back door
transceiver
20. Error detection and correction
SNMP
Mail Exchanger
Transport
FM
21. Which protocol is responsible for splitting data into packets and adding a header to each one?
Transmission Control Protocol
Network
Presentation
twisted-pair cable
22. Works closely with IP in providing error and control information - by allowing hosts to exchange packet status information to help move the packets along the internetwork
Star topology
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
SYN (syncronization)
traceroute (tracert)
23. Ethernet cable - high resistance to noise - networks are RG 6
fully distributed control strategy
Ethernet
coaxial cable
DNS
24. Manually specify on each workstation so that their users can pick up their internet email from the linux email server
Universal serial bus
SMTP server name
Frequency Modulation
host
25. Speed: 1000 Mbps - Altenative name: 1000BASE-T - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3ab - Cable type: copper max length 100m
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
802.3
demand priority
fiber optics
26. Short reach. only multimode-max length is 500. baseband transmission. 1000 mpbs.
cross talk
1000base-sx
supernet
t1 connection
27. The most commonly used form of Post office protocol.
utp
access services
Transport Layer (Layer 4)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
28. Pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device
fractionalizing
workstation
Connectors
Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)
29. The sender transmits the data to the destination without establishment of a connection.
connectionless
Category 5e
SYN (syncronization)
Common Internet File System
30. Protocol data unit
Frequency Modulation
cross talk
PDU
Electromagnetic Interference
31. A value or means of identifying a service on a network node - such as socket or port 103 for standerdized e-mail services in the TCP protocol.
socket
File Transfer Protocol
port 80
Mac Addressing
32. Signals traveling on one wire infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire
cross talk
Data Link
Error Handling
omnidirectional antenna
33. 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.
TFTP
Session layer
intrusion prevention system (IPS)
Adjacent Layer Interaction
34. Physical Layer
Twister Pair Cable
signature-based (knowledge-based - misuse-detection) IDPS
ring topology
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP)
35. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Post Office Protocol
Core Gateway
SMTP server name
Correct default gateway
36. The process of attracting attention to a system by placing tantalizing information in key locations.
SLIP
MAC sublayer
Terminator
enticement
37. 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
bus topology
Segment
OSI
IP Addressing
38. Network layer service that subdivides segments it receives from the Transport layer into smaller packets
10Gbase-t
Full Duplex NIC Communication
Mesh topology
fragmentation
39. Also called the star-wired ring topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
File Transfere Protocol - (FTP)
traceroute (tracert)
star-ring hybrid topology
IDPS terrorist
40. On a cable-TV WAN - a central receiving point for signals from various sources - including satellite - major cable sources - and local tevevision sources.
headened
NAT (Network Address Translation)
802.3
analog
41. Transport Layer
Gigabit Ethernet (fiber characteristics)
Port Numbers
WAN Connectivity
analog adv
42. Ethernet NICs listen on network and wait until they detect no other nodes transmitting data
carrier sense
switch
TDM
ICMP
43. Activities finalize restoration of operations to a normal state and seek to identify source and method of intrusion to ensure same type of attack cannot occur again
Gigabit Ethernet (non-fiber characteristics)
NIC
intrusion correction
configured with correct sending and receiving email server information
44. Time division multiplexing
Network File System
L2TP
TDM
Session layer
45. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.
Logical Link Control
Punch-Down Block
Crossover Cable
public network
46. Equivalent to OSI Layer 3 Network
route
butt set
the more twist
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Internet
47. Provides th transfer medium (such as cable) - Translates data into a transmission signal appropriate to the transfer medium - Sends the signal along the transfer medium - Includes the pyical layout of the network - Monitors for transmission error - D
Alien Cross Talk
OSI Layer 1
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
traceroute (tracert)
48. Process of breaking large packets into smaller packets.
fragmentation
modem
Application Layer
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
49. ISDN
router
beacon frame
Integrated Services Digital Network
step-index multimode fiber-optic cable
50. The physical cables that link computers in a network
tunneling
Serial
physical media
WAN