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IT: Networking Vocab
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1. Trivial File Transfer Protocol
UDP
segmentation
TFTP
SSID
2. Also called the physical or device address - the hexadecimal number permanently assigned to a network interface and used by the MAC sublayer within the DATA Link layer (Layer 2).
connection
MAC address
connectionless
terminal
3. Package for data that includes not only the data - or 'payload -' but also the sender's and recipient's addressing and control information. Generated at the Data Link layer and issued to the Physical layer
NIC
nslookup
Topology
frame
4. The cableing or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them.
digital dis
Media Converter
communications media
fiber optic cable
5. A very high speed - long distance media that consists of a single strand of fiber glass that carries the signals. Can transmit data 50 times further than multimode fiber at a faster rate
Single mode fiber
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
fully distributed control strategy
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
6. Requires many pulses to transmit same info that an analog can transmit in a wave
public network
digital dis
NIC drivers
Frequency Modulation
7. MSAU
Extended Network Prefix
PAT (Port Address Translation)
WAN
MultiStation Access Unit
8. OU
protocol
Organizational Unit
CIDR block
Presentation
9. Determines the network path on which to route packets - Help reduce network congestion - Establishes virtual circuits - Routes packets to other networks - resequencing packet transmissions when needed - Translates between protocols
ANDing
fixing cross talk
Network Layer (Layer 3)
Single Mode Fiber
10. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Microbrowser
DHCP
Telnet
Ring topology
11. MAU
Multistation Access Unit
hostname
Cross Talk
RIP
12. A standard for encoding and interpreting binary files - images - video - and non-ASCII character sets within an e-mail message.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
sequencing
wide area network (WAN)
butt set
13. Central component of a cable designed to carry a signal
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol - version 3)
Amplitude Modulation
Core
14. Provides a generic method of transferring files
media
collision detection
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
15. Amount of data that can be transmitted over media or wireless at a time.
Bend Radius
bandwidth
TCP/IP Vs. OSI: Transport
port 80
16. Layer 4
Transport
ASCII
star topology
Logical Link Control
17. Application Layer
Punch-Down Block
Universal serial bus
Media Dependent Interface
Client Software
18. Attachment Unit Interface Cable equipped with 15 pin connectors
FDM
Common Internet File System
port 80
AUI
19. User friendly web addresses are translated into IP addresses by the...
SSL
MAC
Domain Name Service
Backup Domain Controller
20. A network whose access is restricted to only clients or machines with proper credentials.
Packets
Network
Private Network
broadcast storm
21. (fix) if analog an amplifier or if digital with repeater
FTP
fixing attenuation
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
cable plant
22. Routing protocol most likely used to replace a router for that handles traffic to and from the companies connection to its NSP
Near End Cross Talk
encapsulate
hostname
BGP
23. HTTPS - Secure implementation of HTTP
Mac Addressing
port 443
switch
Radio Frequency Interference
24. Four twisted wire pairs rated for 100 Mhz - but capable of handling the disturbance on eash pair that's caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time.
digital signal
Thin Eterhnet/10 Base 2
Category 5e
MAC (Media Access Control) sublayer
25. Any device connected to a network - such as a microcomputer - mainframe - midrange computer - network equipment - or printer. Also called a station.
Transport
Internet Control Message Protocol
Node
crossover cable
26. The cabling or radio waves used to connect one network computer to another - or one network to another - and transport data between them. - Means by which a communications signal is carried from one system to another (for example - twisted-pair wire
Transmission media
butt set
RIR (Regional Internet Registry)
terminal
27. Transport Layer
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 3
certification value may be lessened due to the number of people obtaining them
Category 6
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
28. The information transfered between layers in the same OSI stack
66 Block
protocol data unit (PDU)
ACK (acknowledgement)
Bits
29. Internet Layer
noise
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 2
bridge
ATU-R
30. PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
SSL
baseband
Category 5
31. Can use WPA to improve the security of data in transit
ACK (acknowledgement)
Transport
route
802.11b
32. A device that can transmit and receive - such as transmitting and receiving signals on a communication cable
Peer-to-peer network
transceiver
network class a
peer-to-peer network
33. Data Link Layer
Serial Line Internet Protocol
backbone cabling
SNMP
Ethernet
34. RSA
Rivest - Shamir - Adelman
MAN
NetWare Loadable Module
HTTPS
35. A connector that is used for thin coax cable and that has a boyonet-like shell.
Category 1
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
bayonet nut connector (BNC)
Plenum
36. CIFS
Common Internet File System
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
frame
virture privat network (VPN)
37. Radio frequency interference. interference caused by radio.
MPLS
asymmetrical transmission
RFI
multiplexing
38. Short tube within a fiber-optic cable connector that encircles the fiber strand and keeps in properly aligned
butt set
Structure
Ferrule
Crossover Cable
39. Application Layer
SSL
protocol stack verification
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 4
CD-ROM File System
40. A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with no logical beginning or ending point - and thus no terminators.
entrapment
TCP/IP Architecture Layer 1
Ring topology
phishing
41. Multimode fiber
broadcast frame or broadcast packet
star-ring hybrid topology
spread-spectrum
MMF
42. A type of cabling that includes pairs of copper conductors - twisted around each other - inside a metal or foil shield. This type of medium can support faster speeds than unshielded wiring
where NICs operate
network class C
soft skills
Shielded Twised Pair
43. A transport system that uses the CSMA/CD access method for data transmission on a network. Typically it is implemented in a bus or star-bus hybrid topology.
extranet
Radio Waves
Ethernet
communications media
44. A private network that functions like a tunnel though a large network-such as the Internet or an enterprise network-that is restricted to designated member clients only.
confidence value
virture privat network (VPN)
SNMP
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
45. Cabling that transmit data using light waves. Higher bandwidth than other types of cabling.
fiber optics
SSL
TCP/IP Internet Layer Encapsulation
Repeater
46. Also called the star-ring hybrid - topology - a network design in which the logic communication are in a ring - but the phyical layout of the network star.
fragmentation
star-wired ring topology
Serial Line Internet Protocol
WDM
47. The medium that carries multiple signals simultaneously
Authentication Header
Address Resolution Protocol
broadband
standby UPS
48. Data Link Layer
Network Switching
telnet
networks enable users to share resources
Optical Loss
49. Open Systems Interconnection model
WINS
BGP
OSI
Point-to-Point
50. 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
intrusion correction
Telnet
routing
LLC (Logical Link Control) sublayer