ECS Network Study Guide

A NIC stands for __________.

Network Interface Card

A PAN is a __________.

Personal Area Network

A MAN is known as a __________.

Metropolitan Area Network

The protocol used for transferring web pages is __________.

HTTP

The secure version of HTTP is __________.

HTTPS

A VAN is a __________.

Value-Added Network

BPS stands for __________.

Bits Per Second

A VPN is a __________.

Virtual Private Network

SMTP stands for __________.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

The abbreviation for Post Office Protocol is __________.

POP

A LAN is a __________.

Local Area Network

A WAN is a __________.

Wide Area Network

DNS stands for __________.

Domain Name System

DHCP is known as __________.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

HTML stands for __________.

Hypertext Markup Language

NOS means __________.

Network Operating System

PPP stands for __________.

Point-to-Point Protocol

ICMP stands for __________.

Internet Control Message Protocol

The abbreviation for User Datagram Protocol is __________.

UDP

RPC is known as __________.

Remote Procedure Call

NetBIOS stands for __________.

Network Basic Input/Output System

TLS is the abbreviation for __________.

Transport Layer Security

ASCII stands for __________.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

OSI refers to __________.

Open Systems Interconnection

NFS stands for __________.

Network File System

A PDU is known as __________.

Protocol Data Unit

VOIP stands for __________.

Voice Over Internet Protocol

DSL means __________.

Digital Subscriber Line

ARP is known as __________.

Address Resolution Protocol

SNMP stands for __________.

Simple Network Management Protocol

SARP refers to __________.

Scalable Address Resolution Protocol

The maximum rate of data transfer across a network is known as __________.

Bandwidth

A __________ is a device that forwards data packets between networks.

Router

A __________ system that monitors and controls network traffic is called a firewall.

Security

A __________ network is limited to a geographical area.

LAN

A __________ network connects multiple LANs over larger areas.

WAN

An IP Address is a numerical label assigned for __________ in a network.

Identification and routing

A __________ is a unique identifier for network interfaces.

MAC Address

The __________ translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses.

DNS

A __________ is a smaller segment of a larger network.

Subnet

A __________ links two different networks.

Gateway

DHCP automatically assigns __________ to devices.

IP addresses

HTTP and HTTPS are protocols for __________ over the web.

Transferring data

SMTP is used for __________ between servers.

Sending emails

The OSI model's Physical Layer transmits raw data bits over a __________.

Physical medium

In a star topology, devices are connected to a __________.

Central hub

A __________ connects and filters traffic between network segments.

Bridge

Physical media includes cables such as __________.

Twisted-pair, coaxial, and fiber-optic cables.

Cisco Network Assistant is software for __________ network devices and traffic.

Managing

An IDS monitors for potential __________ in a network.

Security threats