Yodums, give me a minute and I'll open up my Cisco curriculum.
edit: Here we go, in order, copied directly from my CCNA curriculum. (when it says "not in curriculum" it's because I copied all these directly from the glossary and they weren't in there.
Hope this helps.
(I hope it's formatted so it's readable, too, lol)
1.
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol. Connection-oriented transport layer protocol that provides reliable full-duplex data transmission. TCP is part of the TCP/IP protocol stack.
2.
IP: Internet Protocol. Network layer protocol in the TCP/IP stack offering a connectionless internetwork service. IP provides features for addressing, type-of-service specification, fragmentation and reassembly, and security.
3.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Common name for the suite of protocols developed by the U.S. DoD in the 1970s to support the construction of worldwide internetworks. TCP and IP are the two best-known protocols in the suite.
4.
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol. A successor to SLIP, PPP provides router-to-router and host-to-network connections over synchronous and asynchronous circuits.
5.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Internet protocol providing electronic mail services.
6.
Intranet: (not in curriculum)---a network confined to a small building (or in some cases, a company [large geographic area]), ie: building, campus, etc.
7.
Packet: Logical grouping of information that includes a header containing control information and (usually) user data. Packets are most often used to refer to network layer units of data. The terms datagram, frame, message, and segment are also used to describe logical information groupings at various layers of the OSI reference model and in various technology circles.
8.
LAN: Local-area network. High-speed, low-error data network covering a relatively small geographic area (up to a few thousand meters). LANs connect workstations, peripherals, terminals, and other devices in a single building or other geographically limited area. LAN standards specify cabling and signaling at the physical and data link layers of the OSI model. Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring are widely used LAN technologies.
9.
Ping: Short for Packet Internet Groper or Packet Inter-network Groper, a utility to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a reply. PING is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections.
10.
Trace route: (not in curriculum) I'm sure it has something to do with tracing the route of packets, as they are routed to you. I think it's a command in a router.
11.
Hub: 1. Generally, a term used to describe a device that serves as the center of a star-topology network.
2. Hardware or software device that contains multiple independent but connected modules of network and internetwork equipment. Hubs can be active (where they repeat signals sent through them) or passive (where they do not repeat, but merely split, signals sent through them).
3. In Ethernet and IEEE 802.3, an Ethernet multiport repeater, sometimes referred to as a concentrator.
12.
URL: Universal Resource Locator. Standardized addressing scheme for accessing hypertext documents and other services using a WWW browser.
13.
IP Address: 1.) 32-bit address assigned to hosts using TCP/IP. An IP address belongs to one of five classes (A, B, C, D, or E) and is written as 4 octets separated with periods (dotted decimal format). Each address consists of a network number, an optional subnetwork number, and a host number. The network and subnetwork numbers together are used for routing, while the host number is used to address an individual host within the network or subnetwork. A subnet mask is used to extract network and subnetwork information from the IP address. Also called an Internet address. 2.) Command used to establish the logical network address of this interface.
14.
Domain name: (not in curriculum)---the actual name of a website. (
www.yahoo.com) This is converted into an IP address by a DNS server.
15.
Cookies: (not in cirrculum)--small file transplanted onto your computer that tells the remote computer when you came, what sites you've been to, etc. Usually used for advertising. On some sites, it's used to log people back in.
16.
Ethernet: Baseband LAN specification invented by Xerox Corporation and developed jointly by Xerox, Intel, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Ethernet networks use CSMA/CD and run over a variety of cable types at 10 Mbps. Ethernet is similar to the IEEE 802.3 series of standards.
17.
Gateway: In the IP community, an older term referring to a routing device. Today, the term router is used to describe nodes that perform this function, and gateway refers to a special-purpose device that performs an application layer conversion of information from one protocol stack to another.
18.
Router: Network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. Occasionally called a gateway (although this definition of gateway is becoming increasingly outdated).
19.
Switch: 1.) Network device that filters, forwards, and floods frames based on the destination address of each frame. The switch operates at the data link layer of the OSI model.
2.) General term applied to an electronic or mechanical device that allows a connection to be established as necessary and terminated when there is no longer a session to support.
20.
MAC Address: Standardized data link layer address that is required for every port or device that connects to a LAN. Other devices in the network use these addresses to locate specific ports in the network and to create and update routing tables and data structures. MAC addresses are 6 bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE. Also known as a hardware address, a MAC-layer address, or a physical address.
21.
Winipcfg: (not in curriculum) ??
22.
Node: 1. Endpoint of a network connection or a junction common to two or more lines in a network. Nodes can be processors, controllers, or workstations. Nodes, which vary in routing and other functional capabilities, can be interconnected by links, and serve as control points in the network. Node is sometimes used generically to refer to any entity that can access a network, and is frequently used interchangeably with device.
2. In SNA, the basic component of a network, and the point at which one or more functional units connect channels or data circuits.
23.
Cable modem: (not in curriculum) modem that works over coaxial cable from a cable ISP. Maximum bandwidth=10mbps, but that decreases with number of users in your area.
24.
Fiber-optic cable: Physical medium capable of conducting modulated light transmission. Compared with other transmission media, fiber-optic cable is more expensive, but is not susceptible to electromagnetic interference, and is capable of higher data rates. Sometimes called optical fiber.
25.
Dial-up: (not in curriculum) method of connecting to the internet through a telephone cable, used to "dial in" to the ISP.
26.
Modem: Modulator-demodulator. Device that converts digital and analog signals. At the source, a modem converts digital signals to a form suitable for transmission over analog communication facilities. At the destination, the analog signals are returned to their digital form. Modems allow data to be transmitted over voice-grade telephone lines.
27.
FirewallRouter or access server, or several routers or access servers, designated as a buffer between any connected public networks and a private network. A firewall router uses access lists and other methods to ensure the security of the private network.
28.
Mapping: (not in curriculum) ??
29.
Ports: 1.) Interface on an internetworking device (such as a router).
2.) In IP terminology, an upper-layer process that is receiving information from lower layers.
3.) To rewrite software or microcode so that it will run on a different hardware platform or in a different software environment than that for which it was originally designed. 4. A female plug on a patch panel which accepts the same size plug as an RJ-45 jack. Patch cords are used in these ports to cross connect computers wired to the patch panel. It is this cross connection which allows the LAN to function.
4.) A female plug on a patch panel which accepts the same size plug as an RJ-45 jack. Patch cords are used in these ports to cross connect computers wired to the patch panel. It is this cross connection which allows the LAN to function.
30.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol. Application protocol, part of the TCP/IP protocol stack, used for transferring files between network nodes. FTP is defined in RFC 959.
31.
Hack: (not in curriculum) ??
32.
NIC: 1.) Network interface card. Board that provides network communication capabilities to and from a computer system. Also called an adapter. Operates at layers 1 and 2 of the OSI model.
33.
Server: Node or software program that provides services to clients.
34.
Proxy Server: (not in curriculum) If I remember correctly, it's a server that many people access the internet through, but I'm not sure.
35.
LAN: Already done above (see number 8)
36.
WAN: Wide-area network. Data communications network that serves users across a broad geographic area and often uses transmission devices provided by common carriers. Frame Relay, SMDS, and X.25 are examples of WANs.
37.
Bulletin Board: (not in curriculum) ?? (I have a general idea, but I want to make sure that all these are right)
38.
E-mail: Widely used network application in which mail messages are transmitted electronically between end users over various types of networks using various network protocols.
39.
Bandwidth: The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. The term is also used to describe the rated throughput capacity of a given network medium or protocol.
40.
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
41.
DSL: new and developing WAN technology intended for home use; has a bandwidth which decreases with increasing distance from the phone companies equipment; top speeds of 51.84 Mbps are possible near a phone company office, more common are much lower bandwidths (from 100s of kbps to several Mbps); usage is small but increasing rapidly; cost is moderate and decreasing; x indicates the entire family of DSL technologies, including:
HDSL -- high-bit-rate DSL
SDSL -- single-line DSL
ADSL -- asymmetric DSL
VDSL -- very-high-bit-rate DSL
RADSL -- rate adaptive DSL
42.
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol. Standard protocol for point-to-point serial connections using a variation of TCP/IP. Predecessor of PPP.
43.
HTML: Hypertext markup language. Simple hypertext document formatting language that uses tags to indicate how a given part of a document should be interpreted by a viewing application, such as a WWW browser.
44.
XML: (not in curriculum) ??
45.
W3C: (not in curriculum) ??
46.
IRC: (not in curriculum) Internet Relay Chat. If I can remember, it's the first major chat program on the net.
47.
128-bit Encryption: (not incurriculum) ??
48.
Telnet: Command used to verify the application layer software between source and destination stations. This is the most complete test mechanism available.
49.
Spam: (not in curriculum) junk e-mails that I didn't ask for and don't want, yet continue to receive.
50.
Winsock: (not in curriculum) ??
51.
UDP: User Datagram Protocol. Connectionless transport layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack. UDP is a simple protocol that exchanges datagrams without acknowledgments or guaranteed delivery, requiring that error processing and retransmission be handled by other protocols. UDP is defined in RFC 768
52.
CGI: (not in curriculum) ??
53.
PDF Files: file type developed by Adobe that allows cross platform communication of "paper-lookalike" files.
54.
SSL: (not in curriculum) ??
55.
POP3: (not in curriculum) An e-mail protocol.
56.
Hops: Term describing the passage of a data packet between two network nodes (for example, between two routers)
57.
Content filtering: (not in curriculum) ??
58.
Hayes: (not in curriculum) First modem manufacturer, if I remember correctly.
59.
Command set: (not in curriculum) ??
60.
ISP: Internet Service Provider.
61.
Bluetooth Technologies: (not in curriculum) ??
62.
Anti-Spam Lesiglation: (not in curriculum) Legislation to reduce the amount of spam on the internet.
63.
Peer-to-Peer Network: Peer-to-peer computing calls for each network device to run both client and server portions of an application. Also describes communication between implementations of the same OSI reference model layer in two different network devices.
64.
Bridge: Device that connects and passes packets between two network segments that use the same communications protocol. Bridges operate at the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI reference model. In general, a bridge will filter, forward, or flood an incoming frame based on the MAC address of that frame.
65.
Streaming media: media that is being played at the same time it's downloaded.
66.
Compression: The running of a data set through an algorithm that reduces the space required to store or the bandwidth required to transmit the data set.
67.
Smurf attack: (not in curriculum) ??
68.
Virus: (not in curriculum) Malicious code
69.
Handshake: Sequence of messages exchanged between two or more network devices to ensure transmission synchronization.
70.
Wireless router: (not in curriculum) A router that uses the electromagnetic spectrum to receive/transmit information, instead of wires.
71.
MS Netmeeting Whiteboard: (not in curriculum) ??
72.
Finger Program: (not in curriculum) ??
73.
Port probe: (not in curriculum) ??
74.
Network Address Translation: (NAT) [not in curriculum]A series of non-routable IP addresses used for private networks; these are "translated" into a routable IP for use on the internet.
Class A: 10.x.x.x
Class B: 172.16.x.x
Class C: 192.168.x.x
Yodums, you told me on mIRC that you were also doing the OSI Model. Here's a brief overview of each layer.
"Layer 7: The Application Layer
The application layer is the OSI layer that is closest to the user; it provides network services to the user’s applications. It differs from the other layers in that it does not provide services to any other OSI layer, but rather, only to applications outside the OSI model. Examples of such applications are spreadsheet programs, word processing programs, and bank terminal programs. The application layer establishes the availability of intended communication partners, synchronizes and establishes agreement on procedures for error recovery and control of data integrity. If you want to remember Layer 7 in as few words as possible, think of browsers.
Layer 6: The Presentation Layer
The presentation layer ensures that the information that the application layer of one system sends out is readable by the application layer of another system. If necessary, the presentation layer translates between multiple data formats by using a common format. If you want to think of Layer 6 in as few words as possible, think of a common data format.
Layer 5: The Session Layer
As its name implies, the session layer establishes, manages, and terminates sessions between two communicating hosts. The session layer provides its services to the presentation layer. It also synchronizes dialogue between the two hosts' presentation layers and manages their data exchange. In addition to session regulation, the session layer offers provisions for efficient data transfer, class of service, and exception reporting of session layer, presentation layer, and application layer problems. If you want to remember Layer 5 in as few words as possible, think of dialogues and conversations.
Layer 4: The Transport Layer
The transport layer segments data from the sending host's system and reassembles the data into a data stream on the receiving host's system. The boundary between the transport layer and the session layer can be thought of as the boundary between application protocols and data-flow protocols. Whereas the application, presentation, and session layers are concerned with application issues, the lower four layers are concerned with data transport issues.
The transport layer attempts to provide a data transport service that shields the upper layers from transport implementation details. Specifically, issues such as how reliable transport between two hosts is accomplished is the concern of the transport layer. In providing communication service, the transport layer establishes, maintains, and properly terminates virtual circuits. In providing reliable service, transport error detection-and-recovery and information flow control are used. If you want to remember Layer 4 in as few words as possible, think of quality of service, and reliability.
Layer 3: The Network Layer
The network layer is a complex layer that provides connectivity and path selection between two host systems that may be located on geographically separated networks. If you want to remember Layer 3 in as few words as possible, think of path selection, routing, and addressing.
Layer 2: The Data Link Layer
The data link layer provides reliable transit of data across a physical link. In so doing, the data link layer is concerned with physical (as opposed to logical) addressing, network topology, network access, error notification, ordered delivery of frames, and flow control. If you want to remember Layer 2 in as few words as possible, think of frames and media access control.
Layer 1: The Physical Layer
The physical layer defines the electrical, mechanical, procedural, and functional specifications for activating, maintaining, and deactivating the physical link between end systems. Such characteristics as voltage levels, timing of voltage changes, physical data rates, maximum transmission distances, physical connectors, and other, similar, attributes are defined by physical layer specifications. If you want to remember Layer 1 in as few words as possible, think of signals and media."
Hope this helps.
(Thanks to the Cisco CCNA Curriculum for making this possible)
