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| IEEE Standard for error and flow control in data frames |
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| IEEE standard for ethernet networking devices and data handling (using the CSMA/CD access method). |
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| IEEE standard for token ring networking devices and data handling. |
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| IEEE standard for wireless networking |
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| IEEE standard for broadband wireless metropolitan area networking AKA WiMAX |
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-Response at transport layer of OSI, confirms to a sender that frame was recieved |
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American National Standards Institute-
Organization that determines standards for the electronics industry |
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| Application Program Interface- Ser of routines that make up part of a software application |
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| Cyclic redundancy check-Algorithm used to verify the accuracy of data contained in data frame |
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| Electronic Industries Alliance-Trade organization that sets standards for electronic equipment |
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| Frame Check Sequence-Field in frame that ensures data caried by the frame arrives intact. |
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| Hypertext Transfer Protocol- Application layer protocol that formulates and interprets requests between web clients and servers |
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| Internet Architecture Board- |
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| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers- US govt.nonprofit to maintain IP addresses |
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| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers- |
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| Internet Engineering Task Force- Organization that sets standards for how systems communicate over the internet. |
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| Internet Protocol- Core protocol in the TCP/Ip suite that operates in the Network layer of the OSI, provides info on how and where data should be delivered |
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| Internet Protocol Address- NETWORK Layer address assigned to noded to uniquely identify them on a TCP/IP network |
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| International Organization for Standardization- |
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| Internet Society-professional organization that helps establish tech. standards for the internet |
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| Internet Service Provider- Comcast, ETC... |
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| International Telecommunication Union- United nations agency that regulates internation telecommunications |
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| Logical Link Layer sublayer- Upper sublayer in the Data Link Layer- provides a common interface and supplies reliability and flow control services. |
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| MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL- 12 character string that identifies the network node- block ID and device ID. |
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| MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL- LOWER sublayer of the data link layer. the MAC appends the physical address of the destination computer onto the frame |
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| Maximum Transmission Unit-Largest Data unit a network will accept for transmission. |
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| Open Systems Interconnection Model- 7 layer model for UNDERSTANDING and developing computer to computer communication developed in 1980's by ISO. |
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| Protocol Data Unit- a unit of data at any layer of the OSI model |
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| Synchronization-the packet one node sends to request a connection with another node on the network- syn is 1st packet of 3 of establishing a connection |
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| Synchronization-acknowledgment-Step 2 of 3 in establishing a connection- |
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| Telecommunications Industry Association- sub group of EIA that focuses on standards for info technology |
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| 4th layer of OSI, Ensures data are transferred from point a to b reliably and without errors- flow control, acknowledgment, error correction, segmentation, reassembly, and sequencing |
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| 5th LAYER-establishes and maintains communication between 2 nodes on the network AKA "Traffic Cop". |
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| 6th Layer- protocols and presentation, translate between the application and the network. |
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| 1st Layer of OSI,- protocols in the physical layer generate and detect signals |
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| 3rd Layer- protocols in network layer translate network addresses into their physical counterparts and decide how to route data from the sender to the receiver. |
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| Layer 2 of the OSI- data link bridges the networking media with the network layer. It divides the data it receives from the network layer into frames that can be transmitted by the physical layer. |
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| 7th layer of the OSI model- application layer protocols enable software programs to negotiate formatting, prodedural, security, synchronization, and other requirements with the network. |
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| Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert |
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| Cisco Certified Network Associate |
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| Local Area Network- network of computers confined to a relatively small space--Classroom, office, or one building |
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| Metropolitan Area Network- Larger than LAN, multiple building in a limited geographical area. EX:multiple city govt. buildings around a city center. |
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| Microsoft Certified systems engineer |
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| Wide Area Network- network that spans a long distance and connects 2 or more LAN's |
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