Computer Network Fundamentals—a Local Top-down Approach Terms

Question 1

A set of conventions.

Answer 1

Protocol

Question 2

HTTP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 2

𝒊: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
𝒊𝒊: requesting and retrieving information from distributed information systems

Question 3

SMTP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 3

𝒊: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

𝒊𝒊: sending email

Question 4

POP3
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 4

𝒊: stands for Post Office Protocol version 3

𝒊𝒊: is used for retrieving email from a server

Question 5

ASCII
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 5

𝒊: stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
𝒊𝒊: is used for character encoding

Question 6

EBCDIC
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 6

𝒊: stands for Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

𝒊𝒊: is used for encoding characters

Question 7

MIME
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 7

𝒊: stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

𝒊𝒊: is used for extending the format of email messages to support text in character sets other than ASCII

Question 8

ISP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is…

Answer 8

𝒊: stands for Internet Service Provider

𝒊𝒊: is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet

Question 9

Host

Answer 9

A computer connected to a network

Question 10

Router

Answer 10

A computer connected to more than one network, and has the ability to transmit messages between those networks.

Question 11

Source routing/packet addressing

Answer 11

allows a sender of a packet to partially or completely specify the route the packet takes through the network

Question 12

RIP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 12

𝒊: stands for Routing Information Protocol

𝒊𝒊: is used for a routing metric to find the best path between the source and the destination network

Question 13

IETF
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is…

Answer 13

𝒊: stands for Internet Engineering Task Force

𝒊𝒊: is responsible for the technical standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite

Question 14

LDAP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 14

𝒊: stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

𝒊𝒊: is used for providing a database of people and their personal details

Question 15

IMAP4
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 15

𝒊: stands for Internet Message Access Protocol 4

𝒊𝒊: is used for retrieving email messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection.

Question 16

Client Server Architecture

Answer 16

is a computing model in which the server hosts, delivers and manages most of the resources and services to be consumed by the client.

Question 17

SNMP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 17

𝒊: stands for Simple Network Management Protocol

𝒊𝒊: is used for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior.

Question 18

DNS
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 18

𝒊: stands for Domain Name System

𝒊𝒊: is used for translating names to addresses

Question 19

IANA
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is…

Answer 19

𝒊: stands for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

𝒊𝒊: is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation

Question 20

DHCP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 20

𝒊: stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

𝒊𝒊: is used for automatically providing an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address.

Question 21

DAP
𝒊: stands for
𝒊𝒊: is used for

Answer 21

𝒊: stands for Directory Access Protocol
𝒊𝒊: is used for specifying how an X. 500 Directory User Agent (DUA) communicates with a Directory System Agent (DSA) to issue a query

Question 22

X.500

Answer 22

a series of computer networking standards covering electronic directory services

Question 23

gateway protocols

Answer 23

a type of routing protocol used for exchanging routing table information between gateways within an autonomous system.