Internet
Network
Data
Protocols & Processes
Misc.
100
broadcast
What is Process by which a message is sent from a single host to all hosts on the network, without regard to the kind of data being sent or the destination of the data?
100
MAC (Media Access Control) address
What is Another term for an adapter address.
100
server
What is A computer that handles a request for information or resources from a client computer?
100
Default Gateway
What is The gateway a computer on a network will use to access another network unless it knows to specifically use another gateway for quicker access to that network?
100
Host
What is Any computer or other device on a network that has been assigned an IP address?
200
classful subnet masks
What is Subnet masks that use either all ones or all zeroes in an octet?
200
network operating system (NOS)
What is An operating system that resides on the controlling computer in the network. The NOS controls what software, data, and devices a user on the network can access. Examples of an NOS are Novell Netware and Windows Server 2003?
200
static IP address
What is An IP address permanently assigned to a workstation?
200
NAT (Network Address Translation)
What is A process that converts private IP addresses on a LAN to the proxy server’s IP address before a data packet is sent over the Internet.
200
Frame
What is The header and trailer information added to data to form a data packet to be sent over a network?
300
classless subnet masks
What is A subnet mask that can have a mix of zeroes and ones in one octet such as 11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000, which can be written as 255.255.240.0?
300
WPA (WiFi Protected Access)
What is A data encryption method for wireless networks that use the TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption method and the encryption keys are changed at set intervals while the wireless LAN is in use.
300
octet
What is Term for each of the four 8-bit numbers that make up an IP address?
300
peer-to-peer network
What is A network of computers that are all equals, or peers. Each computer has the same amount of authority, and each can act as a server to the other computers?
300
WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access 2)
What is A data encryption standard compliant with the IEEE802.11i standard that uses the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) protocol?
400
IP address
What is A 32-bit address consisting of four numbers separated by periods, used to uniquely identify a device on a network that uses TCP/IP protocols. The first numbers identify the network; the last numbers identify a host. An example of an IP address is 206.96.103.114?
400
Ping (Packet Internet Groper)
What is A Windows and Unix command used to troubleshoot network connections. It verifies that the host can communicate with another host on the network?
400
Packet
What is a Segment of network data that also includes header, destination address, and trailer information that is sent as a unit. Also called data packet or datagram?
400
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)
What is Another term for the IEEE 802.11b standard.
400
network interface card (NIC)
What is An expansion card that plugs into a computer’s motherboard and provides a port on the back of the card to connect a PC to a network. Also called a network adapter?
500
LMHosts
What is A text file located in the Windows folder that contains NetBIOS names and their associated IP addresses. This file is used for name resolution for a NetBEUI network?
500
NWLink
What is Microsoft’s version of the IPX/SPX protocol suite used by Novell NetWare operating systems?
500
network drive map
What is Mounting a drive to a computer, such as drive E, that is actually hard drive space on another host computer on the network?
500
NetBEUI (NetBIOS Extended User Interface)
What is A fast, proprietary Microsoft networking protocol used only by Windows-based systems, and limited to LANs because it does not support routing?
500
fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
What is A host name and a domain name such as jsmith.amazon.com. Sometimes loosely referred to as a domain name?
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