Networking: Physical and Data Link Layers Flashcards
Bit
The smallest representation of data that a computer can understand
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
A protocol by which routers share data with each other
Broadcast
A type of Ethernet transmission, sent to every single device on a LAN
Broadcast address
A special destination used by an Ethernet broadcast composed by all Fs
Cable categories
Groups of cables that are made with the same material. Most network cables used today can be split into two categories, copper and fiber
Cables
Insulated wires that connect different devices to each other allowing data to be transmitted over them
Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
CSMA/CD is used to determine when the communications channels are clear and when the device is free to transmit data
Collision domain
A network segment where only one device can communicate at a time
Computer networking
The full scope of how computers communicate with each other
Copper cable categories
These categories have different physical characteristics like the number of twists in the pair of copper wires. These are defined as names like category (or cat) 5, 5e, or 6, and how quickly data can be sent across them and how resistant they are to outside interference are all related to the way the twisted pairs inside are arranged
Crosstalk
Crosstalk is when an electrical pulse on one wire is accidentally detected on another wire
Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC)
A mathematical transformation that uses polynomial division to create a number that represents a larger set of data. It is an important concept for data integrity and is used all over computing, not just network transmissions
Data packet
An all-encompassing term that represents any single set of binary data being sent across a network link
Datalink layer
The layer in which the first protocols are introduced. This layer is responsible for defining a common way of interpreting signals, so network devices can communicate
Destination MAC address
The hardware address of the intended recipient that immediately follows the start frame delimiter
Duplex communication
A form of communication where information can flow in both directions across a cable
Ethernet
The protocol most widely used to send data across individual links
Ethernet frame
A highly structured collection of information presented in a specific order
EtherType field
It follows the Source MAC Address in a dataframe. It’s 16 bits long and used to describe the protocol of the contents of the frame
Fiber cable
Fiber optic cables contain individual optical fibers which are tiny tubes made of glass about the width of a human hair. Unlike copper, which uses electrical voltages, fiber cables use pulses of light to represent the ones and zeros of the underlying data
Five layer model
A model used to explain how network devices communicate. This model has five layers that stack on top of each other: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, and Application
Frame check sequence
It is a 4-byte or 32-bit number that represents a checksum value for the entire frame