Acronyms 2 C182

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PAN

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Personal Area Network

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LAN

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Local Area Network

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WAN

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Wide Area Network

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A network consisting of a central cable to which all network devices are attached

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Bus Network

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A network in which all network devices connect to one another through a single central device

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Star Network

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A network that connects devices in a loop

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Ring network

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Connects every device to every other device

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Mesh network

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AP

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Access point

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Technical rules governing data communication

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Protocols

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A network architecture in which a system is divided between server tasks performed on the instructions received from clients, requesting information

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Client-Server

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A network model where all computers on the network are equal and data may be shared from computer to computer

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Peer-To-Peer

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Uses many independent computers to provide computation or services

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Cluster Computing

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A collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem.

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Grid Computing

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Large pools of shared computers that can be allocated to clients as needed

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Cloud Computing

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Two types of twisted Cables

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UTC - Unshielded Twisted Cable

STC - Shielded Twisted Cable

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Network bandwidth is measured in

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Mbps - Megabits Per Second

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CAT 1 bandwidth speed

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1 Mbps

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CAT 2 bandwidth speed

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4 Mbps

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CAT 3 bandwidth

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10 Mbps

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CAT 4 bandwidth speed

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16 Mbps

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CAT 5 bandwidth speed

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100 Mbps

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CAT 5e bandwidth speed

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1 Gbps

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CAT 6 bandwidth speed

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10 Gbps

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CAT 6a bandwidth speed

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10 Gbps

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CAT 7 bandwidth speed

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10 Gbps

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Uses a single data channel in which the whole bandwidth of the transmission medium is dedicated to one data channel at a time

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Baseband

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Used in computer networks and to deliver cable TV sevice

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Coaxial Cable

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A multiple data channel system in which the bandwidth of a transmission medium carries several data streams at the same time

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Broadband

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Monitors network traffic and blocks traffic that triggers its safety rules.

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Firewall

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(lowercase i) internet

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A network of networks

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(Uppercase I) Internet

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The World Wide Web

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Extends the range of cabling types so connections can be made by increasing the strength of the network sgnal

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Repeaters

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Connects to different types of network and provide management of the message

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Bridge

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Used on LANs to reduce network traffic

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Switches

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Acts as a gateway to the internet

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Router (Gateway)

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DARPA

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Defense Advances Research Projects Agency

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Who founded the internet as a project in the early 1960s?

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DARPA

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The internet uses IP addresses as

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Unique Identifiers

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IPv4 uses a _______ address pattern

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32-bit

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IPv6 uses a ______ address pattern

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128-bit

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ICANN

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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Awards blocks of consecutively numbered IP addresses to ISPs

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ICANN

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A section of the internet operated by a single authority

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Domain

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TLD

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Top-Level Domain

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COM, EDU, GOV, NET are examples of

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Top-Level Domains

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HTTP

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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SMTP

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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POP3

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Post Office Protocol version 3

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IMAP

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Instant Messaging Access Protocol

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VoIP

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Voice over Internet Protocol

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CDNs

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Content Delivery Networks

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XML

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Extensible Markup Language

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Each hypertext document available through the World Wide Web is given a unique address called ______

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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HTML

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Hypertext Markup Language

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A language used to create webpages

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HTML

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Software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network

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Malware (viruses, worms, spyware, phishing)

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Software that causes unintentional harm

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Software bug

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Infects a computer by inserting itself into programs that already reside in the machine

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Virus

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Forwards copies of itself to other machines in a network resulting in the detriment of individual machines or the operations of the network.

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Worms

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Collects information about the computer's activities and reports back to the instigator

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Spyware

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Obtains private information by simply asking for it

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Phishing

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The process of overloading a computer with messages resulting in suffocation in the network

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Denial of Service

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DoS

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Denial of Service

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When a hacker intercepts the data as it is traveling to or from the victim's device

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Packet Sniffing (Man-in-the-Middle)

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An application that uses a large dictionary to guess the victim's password

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Dictionary Attack

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Tries to identify the hash value of a password, then converts it back to plain text

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Rainbow Tables

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A hacking method that uses trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys

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Brute Force

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Three Triads

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Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

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A software that acts as an intermediary between a client and a server to shield the client from adverse actions of the server

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Proxy Server

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Monitors network behavior such as the origin and volume traffic, looking for anomalies to proactively or reactively mitigate unwanted occurances

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Network Auditing Software

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Software that detects and removes known viruses from the network

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Antivirus