Protocols Flashcards

1
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What is a protocol?

A

Rules by computers for exchanging data

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2
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What is IP?

A

Internet Protocol

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3
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What is TCP?

A

Transmission Control Protocol - enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange data

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4
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What is UDP?

A

User Datagram Protocol

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5
Q

What is SMTP?

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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6
Q

What is FTP?

A

File Transfer Protocol

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7
Q

What is HTTP?

A

HyperText Transfer Protocol

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8
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What is SNMP?

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

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9
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What is ICMP?

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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10
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What is POP?

A

Post Office Protocol

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11
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What is IMAP?

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

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12
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What is the The TCP/IP Stack?

A

Where data is broken into packets to be sent

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13
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What is the acrnoym for how data is sorted in a TCP/IP stack?

A

Application
Transport
Internet
Link

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14
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What is an application server?

A

Used to connect database servers and the end user

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15
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What is a domain server?

A

Authenticates and authorizes computers and users to access resources within the logical domain

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16
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What is a Audio/Video Server?

A

It provides multimedia capabilities to websites by helping the user to broadcast streaming multimedia content

17
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What is a client server?

A

Allows shared resources to be accessed by the network client computers

18
Q

What is a telnet server?

A

The user can log onto a host computer and execute tasks as if they are working on a remote computer.

19
Q

What is a groupware server?

A

Enables users to work together in a virtual atmosphere from all over the world

20
Q

What is an IRC server?

A

Internet Relay Chat allows users to communicate to each other through an IRC network.

21
Q

What does the file transfer protocol do?

A

Provides secure file transfer between computers

22
Q

What is the mail server?

A

Transfers and stores mails over corporate networks through LANs, WANs and across the Internet.

23
Q

What is the proxy server?

A

Acts as a mediator between a client program and an external server to filter requests, improve performance and share connections.

24
Q

What is a print server?

A

Shares printing across the network so other computers can print remotely

25
Q

What is virtualisation?

A

separating sections of a device to serve different purposes

26
Q

What is Network virtualisation?

A

splitting up bandwidth into channels, which can be assigned to a particular server or device in real time

27
Q

What is Storage virtualisation?

A

Takes bits of storage from multiple network storage devices into a single storage device managed by a central console.

28
Q

What is Server virtualisation?

A

masking of server resources from server users.