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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. On a network using the MIcrosoft Internet Connections Sharing service - the computer whose Internet connection other computers share. The ICS host must contain two network interfaces: one that connects to the Internet and one that connects to the LAN
Straight tip connector
CD-ROM File System
ICS host
S-HTTP
2. Used to determine where patch cable for a specific server terminates on the patch panel - and checks for the presence of noise on a wire
multimeter
datagram
802.44
IEEE
3. Netscape and Microsoft have implemented HTTPS to protect data transported via their Web browsers.
Transport
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
serial
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
4. Nondata information that mus accompany data in order for a signal to be properly routed and interpreted by the network
Microbrowser
FDM
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
Overhead
5. A network transport control method used in Ethernet networks. It regulates transmission by sensing the presence of packet collisions.
Amplifier
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMACD)
Firewall configured correctly
node
6. POP3
Post Office Protocol version 3
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Application Layer
Internet Relay Chat
7. Method of controlling how network nodes access communication channels - ex highway
Bus topology
power budget
network access method
Category 5e
8. LC - ST - SC - or MT RJ
Electromagnetic Interference
fiber optic connector
plenum area
honey pot
9. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
GBIC
802.11g
MAN
crimping tool and wore stripper
10. Cross talk with 2+ wires
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
alien cross talk
Amplitude Modulation
Local area network (LAN)
11. This layer in the OSI network model breaks up the files into packets to allow them to be sent around the network.
MAC address
Transport Layer
Internetwork Packet Exchange
Telnet
12. Multiplexing technique use over single-mode or multimode fiber-optic cable in which each signal is assigned a different wavelength for its carrier wave; little space exists between carrier waves
MAU
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Error Handling
simplex
13. A term used to refer to data within the Network layer of the OSI model.
IDPS terrorist
ports
datagram
peer-to-peer network
14. Response generated atTransport layer confirming to sender that its frame was received; 3rd step in establishing a connection
ACK (acknowledgement)
horizontal cabling
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Application
IEEE
15. 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
Segment
128 - 64 - 32 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
encapsulation
16. Distinct communication path between two or more nodes; may be separated logically or physically
Cable Plant
Post Office Protocol version 3
Channel
Multimode fiber
17. Application Layer
public network
twisted-pair cable
FTP
site policy
18. Extended service set: a group of access points
Internet
ESS
ssl
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
19. LLC
Logical Link Control
network class C
SFP
Terminator
20. Secures messages being transmitted on the internet - uses RSA for authentication and encyption.
spread-spectrum
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Amplifier
CSMA/CD
21. An app. that provides centralized authentication and authorization services for a network.
RADIUS
1000base-lx
power budget
802.16
22. Two communication systems establish 2-way communication prior to the exchange of data
intrusion detection system (IDS)
connection
Serial Line Internet Protocol
inline sensor
23. Data Link Layer
Frames
MultiMode Fiber
active scanning
Data Link
24. Control frame that indicates to the rest of the network that a particular node has the right to transmit data
Data Link
token
User Datagram Protocol
Physical layer
25. ICS
Internet Connection Sharing
T-Carrier Level 1
nbtstat
RS 232
26. Speed: 100 Mbps - Alternative name: 10BASE-TX - IEEE Standard: IEEE 802.3u - Cable Type: Copper - max length 100m
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Single Mode Fiber
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
Wide area network (WAN
27. Type of switching for multiple data packets make up the same transmission and use identical paths to reach the destination
connectionless
message and circuit
port 53
host
28. Ethernet LAN-all forms of Ethernet media and interface
NFS
Session Layer
802.3
BNC connector
29. A poplar alternative to FTP is NFS software offered by Sun Microsystems - which uses Sun's remotr procedure call specification via TCP port 111.
internetwork
Network
Fault tolerance
Network File System (NFS)
30. Network device that makes high-level application connections on behalf of internal hosts and other machines
proxy server
TCP port 23
event viewer
RAS
31. Also called the physical or MAC address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
device address
tracepath
fixing noise
DB-9 connector
32. Similar to FTP. lets you transfer files between a host and an FTP server
cat 5
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Authentication Header
asymmetrical transmission
33. Allows clients to communicate in different floors
OSI
switch
protocol stack verification
MAN
34. GPO
rollover cable
link dead phase
Group Policy Object
star wired bus
35. NTP
Network Time Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control
baseband
Hyper text transfer protocol
36. Helps you identify percentage of traffic that compromises broadcasts
Frame
network monitor
2.4-GHz band
terminator
37. Type of transmission in which signals may travel in both directions over a medium simultaneously; also called duplex
Full-Duplex
FDMA
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
38. A type of transmission in which the entire channel capacity of the communications medium (such as cable) is used by one data signal - enabling only one node to transmit at a time.
baseband
Session Layer (Layer 5)
10BASE2 Limit
frame
39. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
roaming
Subnetmask
communications media
hub
40. SMF
router
plain old telephone service (POTS)
Optical Loss
Single Mode Fiber
41. 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
Independent Computer Architecture
Common Internet File System
stateless firewall
42. IEEE standard for broadband wireless in MAN (WiMAX)
subnetting purpose
802.16
fully distributed control strategy
ITU
43. 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
2.4-GHz band
bus topology
reassembly
Physical Layer (Layer 1)
44. 2nd layer; bridges the networking media with the Network layer. Primary function is to divide the data it receives from the Network layer into frames to be transmitted by the Physical layer
Gigabit Interface Converter
MS-CHAP
application protocol verification
Data Link layer
45. A worldwide network of interconnected LANs and MANs that uses the TCP/IP protocol to enable people to shares e-mail messages and computer files and to access a vast array of information.
HTTPS
SNMP
Impedance
Internet
46. Device that processes signals; multiplexer or modem
transmit
intranet
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
47. A computer that has its own CPU and may be used as a stand-alone computer for word processing - spreadsheet creation - or other software applications. It also may be used to access another computer such as another workstation or server via a network.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
EAP
Workstation
CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
48. Value placed upon an IDPS's ability to detect/identify certain attacks correctly
Frequency Division Multiplexing
EAP
confidence value
ethernet
49. PPP
802.3
Class A
SSH
Point-to-Point Protocol
50. Communications that occur in discrete units where the start of a unit is signaled by a start bit at the front and the end of the unit is signaled by a stop bit at the back.
802.11
Kroner
Subnetmask
asynchronous comunications