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?
broadcast
100
What is Another term for an adapter address?
MAC (Media Access Control) address
100
What is A computer that handles a request for information or resources from a client computer?
server
100
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?
Default Gateway
100
What is Any computer or other device on a network that has been assigned an IP address?
Host
200
What is a Subnet masks that use either all ones or all zeroes in an octet?
classful subnet masks
200
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?
network operating system (NOS)
200
What is An IP address permanently assigned to a workstation?
static IP address
200
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?
NAT (Network Address Translation)
200
What is The header and trailer information added to data to form a data packet to be sent over a network?
Frame
300
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?
classless subnet masks
300
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?
WPA (WiFi Protected Access)
300
What is Term for each of the four 8-bit numbers that make up an IP address?
octet
300
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?
peer-to-peer network
300
What is A data encryption standard compliant with the IEEE802.11i standard that uses the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) protocol?
WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access 2)
400
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?
IP Address
400
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?
Ping (Packet Internet Groper)
400
What is a Segment of network data that also includes header, destination address, and trailer information that is sent as a unit?
Packet
400
What is Another term for the IEEE 802.11b standard?
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)
400
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?
network interface card (NIC)
500
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?
LMHosts
500
What is Microsoft’s version of the IPX/SPX protocol suite used by Novell NetWare operating systems?
NWLink
500
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?
network drive map
500
What is A fast, proprietary Microsoft networking protocol used only by Windows-based systems, and limited to LANs because it does not support routing?
NetBEUI (NetBIOS Extended User Interface)
500
What is A host name and a domain name such as jsmith.amazon.com. Sometimes loosely referred to as a domain name?