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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Private connection from a LAN to an internet service provider.
dedicated lines
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
computer network
Application layer
2. Compresses
RARP
port 80
Presentation
private network
3. Faster wireless standard 20-25
802.11g
MAC
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
carrier sense
4. Event that triggers alarms and causes an IDPS to react as if a real attack is in progress
Data Link
IP address within the assigned network
Bandwidth
true attack stimulus
5. IEEE standard for wireless networking
Frequency Modulation
802.44
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
terminators
6. Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
CRC
Correct default gateway
coax cable connector
7. Allows an attached computer to act as a dumb terminal - with data processing taking place on the TCP/IP host computer
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
ICS host
broadband
Remote Terminal Emulation (Telnet)
8. A network that offers services to members of the public - such as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.
star topology
public network
Crossover Cable
fragmentation
9. The first set of six characters that make up the MAC address and that are unique to a particular manufacturer.
SNAT (Static Network Address Translation)
Fast Ethernet (characteristics)
Block ID
FDM
10. Most resistant to EMI
fiber optic cable
1000base-lx
demand priority
route
11. A generic term referring to any set of protocols and standards collected into a comprehensive grouping that - when followed by the devices in a network - allows all the devices to communicate. Examples include TCP/IP and OSI.
multipath
Networking Model
star wired bus
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETE)
12. Documented agreement containing technical specifications or other precise criteria used as guidelines to ensure that materials - products - processes - and services suit their intended purpose
POP3
standard
soft skills
Localhost
13. 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
Ethernet
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
Connectors
Telnet
14. More variable - convey greater subtleties with less energy
analog adv
Ethernet
Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
Repeater
15. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP)
TCP port 23
Incorrect device drivers
AUI
16. Translates data to a format the receiving node understands - such as from EBCDIC to ASCII - Performs data encryption - Performs data compression
Alien Cross Talk
server
LLC
Presention Layer (Layer 6)
17. Transport Layer
Segments
bandwidth
DNAT (Dynamic Network Address Translation)
goodput
18. Secure CoPy-utility that allows you to copy files securely from host to another
Extended Network Prefix
IP Addressing
AM
SCP
19. Groups of workstations are star connect to connectivity devices and then networked via single bus - cover long distances - easy to interconnect - more expensive - ethernet
frame
ITU
star topology
star wired bus
20. Area above the ceiling tile or below the subfloor in a building
peer-to-peer network
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
Plenum
Classful Addressing
21. Brief delay in processing - length of cable can contribute to this
MMF
latency
coaxial cable
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
22. What is an agreed set of rules that two parties agree on in order to communicate with each other commanly known as?
Crossover Cable
A Protocol
carrier sense
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP
23. Slow wireless standard 11-18 throughput
addressing
simplex
802.11a
reassembly
24. Metropolitan area network
Core Gateway
MAN
Firewall Filtering
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
25. IDPS that compares sampled network activity to established baseline
statistical anomaly-based (stat - behavior-based) IDPS
local area network (LAN)
IDPS terrorist
OSI
26. Enables the establishment of a Web connection - but it also provides for the exchange of resources - for example - displaying AOL's Web page in your brower.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
network class a
Class C Network
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
27. A type of fiber optic connector. These connectors are square shaped and have release mechanisms to prevent the cable from accidentally being unplugged
Subscriber connector
backbone
Bit-Error Rate Test
modem
28. Authentication prtocol that does not issue a challenge or require 3rd party verification of the computer requestiing authentication
association
kereberos
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
Error Handling
29. A data-link protocol used for remote networking that can exchange IP addresses - carry data by multiple network layer protocols - and support different app. protocols.
ISOC
PPP
CSMACD
network address
30. Device typically used to create a VLAN
Multiplexing
session
token
switch
31. Services that handle hardware diagnoses and failure alerts
management services
passive topology
data packets
IP Address
32. Telecommunications industry association
TIA
flow control
HTTPS
Mail Exchanger
33. Telephone jacks
Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP)
rj-11
802.11
router
34. Strength of digital signal
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Data Link
voltage
physical layer
35. Computers - devices - and connectivity necessary to rebuild a network exist - and all have appropriated configured updated and connected to match your networks current state. most expensive disaster recovery contingency to maintain
transport layer
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
hot site
NTP
36. 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.
transmission media
grade-index multimode fiber-optic cable
binary
EIA/TIA
37. 12-character string that uniquely identifies a network node - hard coded into the NIC by the manufacturer; composed ot the block ID and device ID
Gigabit Ethernet
protocol
MAC address
Unshielded twisted pair
38. (metropolitan area network) used with a handful of buildings and larger then a LAN - connects two or more Lans
crimping tool and wore stripper
MAN
flow control
transmission media
39. Each node is connected to the two nearest nodes so that the entire network forms a circle - active - twisted pair of fiber optic - single malfunction in workstation can disable entire network - not flexible or scalbe
ring topology
phase
radiation pattern
signal bounce
40. TFTP is a TCP/IP file transfer protocol that is designed for task such as the transfer of data to enable a diskless workstation to boot using files trasmitted from a server
transceiver
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
41. Occurs when attacker attempts to gain entry or disrupt normal operations of information systems - almost always with intent to do harm
intrusion
RIP
network access method
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
42. ISM
Amplifier
RS-232
authentication
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
43. A type of point-to-point digital WAN connection that uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed comm.
DSL
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
geosynchronous
ISOC
44. Type of interference that may be caused by motors - power lines - televisions - copiers - etc
Group Policy Object
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
10BASE2 Limit
Electromagnetic Interference
45. A combination of techniques used to detect an intrusion and then to trace it back to its source
Transport
NIC drivers
signal
trap and trace
46. Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP - however it does not include mechanisms for ensuring timely delivery
whois
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
TIA (Telecommications Industry Association)
Industrial - Scientific - and Medical
47. AM
collision detection
headened
ring topology
Amplitude Modulation
48. A type of subnet that is created using bits that normally would be reserved for network class information by moving the subnet boundary to the left.
supernet
Kroner
modem
Domain Name System (DNS)
49. AH
server
Authentication Header
Bit
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
50. Gigabit Interface Converter - Plugs in to an interface on a switch
ISO
dig (domain information groper)
GBIC
Inter Message Access Protocol (IMAP)