IT Power Words : NetPlus

Chapter 1 - The Path of the PC Tech
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Chapter 2 - Operational Procedures
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Chapter 3 - The Visible Computer
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Chapter 4 - Microprocessors
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Chapter 5 - RAM
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Chapter 6 - BIOS
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Chapter 7 - Motherboards
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Chapter 8 - Power Supplies
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Chapter 9 - Hard Drive Technologies
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Chapter 10 - Implementing Hard Drives
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Chapter 12 - Building a PC
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Chapter 13 - Windows Under the Hood
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Chapter 14 - Users, Groups. and Permissions
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Chapter 15 - Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems
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Chapter 16 - Working with the Command-Line Interface
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Chapter 17 - Troubleshooting Operating Systems
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Chapter 18 - Virtualization
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Chapter 19 - Display Technologies
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Chapter 20 - Essentials of Networking
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Chapter 21 - Local Area Networking
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Chapter 22 - Wireless Networking
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Chapter 23 - The Internet
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Chapter 24 - Portable Computing
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Chapter 25 - Understanding Mobile Devices
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Chapter 26 - Care and Feeding of Mobile Devices
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Chapter 27 - Printers and Multi-function Devices
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Thursday, February 27, 2020

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Chapter 18 – Managing Risk
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Acceptable Group Policy - a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts
Aircrack-ng - a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic
Approval Process - the method an organization uses to approve anything from documents, invoices, budgets, and purchase orders, to a new process that a company wants to institute
Archive - place or store (something)
Backup - an extra copy of data from a computer
Business Continuity Plan (BCP) - the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company. In addition to prevention, the goal is to enable ongoing operations before and during execution of disaster recovery
Chain of custody - a document that is borrowed from law enforcement that tracks evidence from the time the Computer Forensics Examiner gains possession of the item until it is released back to the owner
Change management - the control of the supply chain as a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. ... In computing, SCM typically is used in reference to software applications that enable more efficient management of the supply chain
Change management team – Team that does change management
Change request - a message sent between objects.
Cold site - a business location that is used for backup in the event of a disruptive operational disaster at the normal business site.
Computer forensics – forensics on a computer
Contingency plan - A plan involving suitable backups, immediate actions and longer term measures for responding to computer emergencies such as attacks or accidental disasters. ... Also called a "disaster plan," a contingency plan must be updated periodically
Disaster recovery – Recovery for a disaster
Documentation – Recording what has been done
Electronic discovery - refers to any process in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) – Discharge that can harm you from working on computers
Exit plan – Plan for exit
Fail closed - is when a device or system is set, either physically or via software, to shut down and prevent further operation when failure conditions are detected
Fail open - does not shut down when failure conditions are present. Instead, the system remains “open” and operations continue as if the system were not even in place. This strategy is used when access is deemed more important that authentication
First responder – First people to respond to an emergency
Forensics report – Report from forensics
Ground loop - occurs when two points of a circuit both intended to be at ground reference potential have a potential between them.
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) – Cooling and heating systems
High availability (HA) – Availability that is high
Hot site - a commercial disaster recovery service that allows a business to continue computer and network operations in the event of a computer or equipment disaster
Incident - an event that is not part of normal operations that disrupts operational processes
Incident response – Response to an incident
Legal hold - a situation wherein a business or organization makes changes to its method of records management in order to preserve information because of a pending litigation
Maintenance window – Windows for maintenance
Material safety data sheet (MSDS) – Data sheet that shows safety for materials
Memorandum of understanding (MOU) - A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use
Metasploit - An open source attack framework
Microsoft baseline security analyzer (MBSA) – Baseline security analyzer developed by Microsoft
Multi-source agreement (MSA) – Agreement with multiple sources
Nessus - an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures architecture for easy cross-linking between compliant security tools
Network access policy – Access policy for a network
Nmap - a free and open-source network scanner
Penetration testing (PENTEST) – testing on a device to see if it can be penetrated or not
Recovery point objective (RPO) – Objective for recovery points
Recovery time objective (RTO) – Objective for time points
Risk management - the process of identifying, assessing and controlling threats to an organization's capital and earnings
Security policy – Policy for security
Service level agreement (SLA) – Level agreement for services
Single point of failure – Point where the failure occurs
Statement of work (SOW) - a document that enables offeror's to clearly understand the government's needs for the work to be done in developing or producing the goods or services to be delivered by a contractor
Succession planning – Planning for succession
Virtual IP – Virtual Internet Protocol
Vulnerability management – Management for vulnerability
Vulnerability scanner – Scanner that scans for vulnerability in your device
Warm site - a type of facility an organization uses to recover its technology infrastructure when its primary data center goes down

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Near End Crosswalk
Race way
Run
Solid Core
Split Pair
Punch down tool
Wire map
Work Area
Patch panel
Patch Cables
Smart Jacks
Stranded core –
Solid Core
Near End Crosswalk
Unit
Split Paire.
Punch down tool
Wire map
Work Area
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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10base2

10baseFL

10baseT

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BNC Connector

Bnc coupler

bridge

bridging loop

broadcast domain

CSMA/CD

collision domain

crimper

crossover cable

Ethernet

frame

frame check sequence

full duplex

half duplex

hub

MAC address

media converter

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10GBaseER
10GBaseEW
10GBaseLR
10GBaseLW
10GBaseSR
10GBaseSW
10GBaseT .
Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE)
100Base FX
100BaseT
100BaseT4
100BaseTX
1000BaseCX
1000BaseLX
1000BaseT
1000BaseTX
1000BaseX
802.3ab
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Multimode
Node
Pad
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Preamble
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Repeater
RG 58
RJ 45
Segment
Sneakernet
Sniffer
SAT
STP
Straight Though
Switch
T connector
Thinnet
TIA/EIA 568A
TIA/EIA 568B
Uplink Port
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Chapter 2 – Network Models

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Network Interface Layer
Network Layer
Network Protocol
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer model
Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)
packet
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physical address
Physical Layer
Presentation Layer
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router
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Session Layer
session software
subnet
switch
TCP segment
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) model
Transport Layer
UDP datagram
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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ARP- Address Resolution Protocol
Arping- Uses ARP frames instead of ICMP
Broadcast Storm- One of more devices sending nonstop broadcast frames to a network
Butt Set- Tests if certain telephone lines can function correctly
Cable Stripper- Supports creating UTP cables
Cable Tester- Checks if a wire map is correct
Certifier- Tests if a cable can handle a certain amount of capacity
Dig- Linux command that diagnoses DNS problems
End-to-end principle- In early days of networking, stated that apps and work only happens at endpoints in a network
EoP- Ethernet over Power
Hardware Tool- Tools that help configure a network
HEC- HDMI Ethernet Channel
Hostname- Command that displays your computer’s host name
IEEE 1905.1- A hybrid networking standard with the goal of flexibility
Ifconfig- UNIX command to display IP configurations
IoT- Internet of Things
Ip- Linux command to display IP configurations
Ipconfig- Windows command to display IP configurations
Light Meter- Another name for an optical power meter
Line Tester- Checks the integrity of telephone writing
Link Aggregation- Enables connections to work together simultaneously
Looking Glass Site- Remote servers accessible by browser
Multimeter- Tests voltage resistance and continuity
Mtr- My Traceroute
Nbtstat- Windows command that displays systems running in a network
Netstat- Command that displays the current state of all running IP processes
Network Appliance- Device that has to do with networking
NIC teaming- Enables connections to work together simultaneously
NSlookup- Windows command that diagnoses DNS problems
nVoy- Branding for IEEE 1906.1
Optical Power Meter- Measures the amount of light loss
Packet Sniffer-Intercepts and logs network packets
Pathping- Combines the commands ping and tracert
Ping- Uses ICMP packets to query by IP or name
Ping -6- A command used in Windows Command prompt
Ping6- A command used in Linux and Unix command prompts
Port Scanner- Program that probes ports on another system
Protocol Analyzer- Monitor the different protocol
Proxy ARP- Process of making remotely connected computers act like they are on a single LAN
Punchdown Tool- Puts UTP wires into 66- and 110- blocks
Route- Command that displays and edits local system routing tables
Routing Loop- When network traffics repeats and slows down
Snip- Synonym for cable stripper
Speed-test Site- Used for internet connection throughput
Switching Loop- Connecting and configuring multiple switches in a circle
Temperature Monitor- Detects heat issues in server rooms
Tone Generator- Backbone to a tone probe
Tone Probe- Locates cables
Traceroute- Traces all routers from one point to another
Traceroute6- Displays IPv6 addresses for tracert in UNIX/Linux
Tracert- Traces all routers from one point to another in Windows
Tracert -6- Displays IPv6 addresses for tracert in Windows
Voltage Event Recorder-Detects electricity issues in server rooms
Wireshark- Popular GUI packet sniffer and analyzer

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3G: Third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.
4G: A mobile communications standard intended to replace 3G, allowing wireless Internet access at a much higher speed.
ADSL: Asymmetric digital subscriber line is a type of digital subscriber line technology.
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode; It is a switching technique that uses time division multiplexing for data communications.
BRI: Basic Rate Access is an Integrated Services Digital Network configuration intended primarily for use in subscriber lines similar to those that have long been used for voice-grade telephone service.
Baud: A common measure of symbol rate, one of the components that determine the speed of communication over a data channel.
Baud rate: Rate at which information is transferred in a communication channel.
B Channel: The channel that carries the main data.
BERT: A neural network-based technique for natural language processing pre-training.
Bridged Connection: A bridge allows you to connect two or more network segments together allowing devices to join the network when it's not possible to connect them directly to a router or switch.
CCITT: Primary international body for fostering cooperative standards for telecommunications equipment and systems.
Central Office: A locality to which subscriber home and business lines are connected on what is called a local loop.
CSU/DSU: A hardware device that converts a digital data frame from the communications technology used on a local area network.
Circuit Switching: a method of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel.
CWDM: A wavelength multiplexing technology for city and access network.
DOCSIS: An international telecommunications standard that allows for the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing coaxial cable TV system.
dB: A relative unit of measurement corresponding to one tenth of bel.
Dedicated Line: A communications cable or other facility dedicated to a specific application.
D Channel: A term which refers to the ISDN channel in which the control and signaling information is carried.
Demultiplexer: A device that takes a single input line and routes it to one of several digital output lines.
DWDM: A technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light.
Dial-Up Line: A telephone connection in a system of many lines shared by many users.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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Chapter 15 - Wireless Networking
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802.1X – IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control (PNAC).
802.11 – evolving family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by a working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
802.11a – an IEEE standard for transmitting data over a wireless network.
802.11a-ht - technical terms for mixed mode 802.11a/802.11g operation.
802.11b – one of several Wi-Fi standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
802.11g – a Wi-Fi standard developed by the IEEE for transmitting data over a wireless network.
802.11g-ht – a Wi-Fi standard developed by the IEEE for transmitting data over a wireless network.
802.11i – a standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs) that provides improved encryption for networks that use the popular 802.11a, 802.11b (which includes Wi-Fi) and 802.11g standards.
802.11n – a Wi-Fi standard that was introduced by the IEEE in 2007 and officially published in 2009.
Ad hoc mode – The mode of operation in a peer-to-peer wireless network, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, in which computers communicate with each other rather than to a central base station (access point).
AES – is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information and is implemented in software and hardware throughout the world to encrypt sensitive data.
Bandwidth saturation – is a phenomenon that occurs when all a circuits available bandwidth in a given direction is being utilized by a large upload or download.
BSS – Basic Server Set.
BSSID – Basic Server Set Identifier.
Bounce – a method of hiding the source of a user's network connection.
BYOD – Bring Your Own Device.
CSMA/CA – Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance.
Channel – refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking.
Channel bonding – a practice commonly used in IEEE 802.11 implementations in which two adjacent channels within a given frequency band are combined to increase throughput between two or more wireless devices.
Dead spot – a location within the coverage area of a wireless network where a signal is not received.
Dipole Antenna – the simplest type of radio antenna, consisting of a conductive wire rod that is half the length of the maximum wavelength the antenna is to generate.
DSSS – Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum.
DCF – Distributed Coordination Function.
Encryption – the process of encrypting or encoding data and messages transmitted or communicated over a computer network.
Evil Twin – a fraudulent Wi-Fi access point that appears to be legitimate but is set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications.
ESS – Extended Service Set.
ESSID – Extended Service Set Identifier.
EAP – Extendable Authentication Protocol.
FHSS – Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum.
Gain – the ratio of an output power to an input power.
Greenfield Mode – an operational mode of an 802.11n network that can maximize the speed of data transfers.
IBSS – Independent Basic Service Set.
Infrastructure Mode – an 802.11 networking framework in which devices communicate with each other by first going through an Access Point (AP).
IFG – Interframe Gap.
Latency – is the amount of time a message takes to traverse a system.
Legacy Mode – is the generic name assigned to any old network, which is rarely used today and not part of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
Link State – is a complex routing technique in which each router shares information with other routers about the reachability of other networks and the metric to reach the other networks in order to determine the best path.
MAC addressing filtering – a security access control method whereby the MAC address assigned to each network card is used to determine access to the network.
Mixed Mode – an operational mode of an 802.11n network that can maximize the speed of data transfers.
MIMO – Multiple in Multiple Out.
NAS – Network Access Server.
Network Name – a text string that devices use to reference a particular computer network.
OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing.
Peer-to-peer mode – computer systems which are connected to each other via the Internet.
PAN – Personal Area Network.
PCF – Point Coordination Function.
Point-to-multipoint – communication which is accomplished via a distinct type of one-to-many connection, providing multiple paths from a single location to multiple locations.
Point-to-point – communication which is accomplished via a distinct type of one-to-many connection, providing multiple paths from a single location to multiple locations.
PoE – Power over Ethernet.
RFI – Radio Frequency Interference.
RADIUS server – a client/server protocol and software that enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested system or service.
Roaming – the ability for a customer of mobile communications to automatically make and receive telephone calls, send and receive data, or access other services while travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by means of using a network of another operator.
Rouge AP – an access point that has been installed on a secure network without explicit authorization from a system administrator.
SSID – Service Set Identifier.
Signal Strength – the magnitude of an electric field at a reference point, which is located at a significant distance from the transmitting antenna. This is expressed in terms of the signal power of the receiver or the voltage per length received by the reference antenna.
Site Survey – the process of planning and designing a wireless network, to provide a wireless solution that will deliver the required wireless coverage, data rates, network capacity, roaming capability and Quality of Service.
SSID broadcast – the name of your wireless network.
Supplicant – an entity at one end of a point-to-point LAN segment that seeks to be authenticated by an authenticator attached to the other end of that link.
TKIP – Temporal Key Integrity Program.
Thick client – full-featured computers that are connected to a network.
Thin Client – a client designed to be especially small so that the bulk of the data processing occurs on the server.
Transmit beamforming – a technique that focuses a wireless signal towards a specific receiving device, rather than having the signal spread in all directions from a broadcast antenna, as it normally would.
Unidirectional antenna – Basically give off bad signals.
VLAN pooling – a feature that enables you to group multiple wireless controller VLANs to form a VLAN pool.
Wi-Fi – an abbreviation for wireless fidelity.
Wi-Fi analyzer – a useful software application that can tell you many things about your wireless network and the networks around you, helping you optimize your Wi-Fi for best performance.
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access.
WPA2 – Wi Fi Protected Access 2.
WPS – Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy.
WAP – Wireless Access Point.
Wireless analyzer – a useful software application that can tell you many things about your wireless network and the networks around you, helping you optimize your Wi-Fi for best performance.
Wireless bridge – A device that connects two LAN segments together via infrared or microwave transmission.
Wireless controller – used in combination with the Lightweight Access Point Protocol to manage light-weight access points in large quantities by the network administrator or network operations center.
WLAN – Wireless LAN.
Wireless Network – a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes.
Wireless Survey tool – a physical survey of the premises where the wireless network will be installed.
WPA2-Enterprise – is the security method added to WPA for wireless networks that provides stronger data protection and network access control.

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