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40 Cards in this Set
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access controls
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imposes controls that allows users access to network resources, usually based on account or a group to which the user belongs.
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account names
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Strings of letters, numbers, or other characters that idetify a user's account on a network
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Active Directory
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The directory service environment for Windows Server2000/2003. Includes enough information about users, groups, oranizational units, and other kinds of management domains to represent a complete digital model of the network.
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Application server
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a specialized network server with the job of providing access to a client/server application and sometimes to the data belonging to that application
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Central Processing Unit
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THe collection of circuitry (a single chip of most PCs) that supplies the "brains" for most computers.
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Client
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A computer on a network that requests resources or services from another computer.
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client/server
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A model for computing in which some computers (client) request services and other computers (server) respond to requests for services.
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communication server
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a specialized network server that provides access to resources for users not directly attached to the network or enables network users to access external resources not directly attached to network.
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dedicated server
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a network server that acts only as a server and is not intended for regular use as a client machine
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directory server
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a specialized server with the job of responding to requests for specific resources, services, users, groups, and so on.
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domain
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a uniquely named collection of user accounts and resources that share a common security database.
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domain controller
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On windows server 2000/03 networks, a directory server that also provides access controls over users, accounts, groups, computers, and other network resources
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domain model
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a network based on windows operating system with security and access controls residing in a domain controller
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hybrid network
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a network in which elements of a server-based network and a peer-to-peer network are in use. Mall workgroups can share files, printers, and other devices with one another in a peer-to-peer fashion.
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internetwork
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a network of networks that consists of two or more physical networks. Unlike a WAN, an internetwork resides in only a single location. Because it includes too many computers or spans too much distance, an internetwork can't fit within the scope of a single LAN
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intranet
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an in-house TCP/IP based network for use within a compnay
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LAN
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a collection of computers and other networked devices that fits within the scope of a single physical network and provides a building block for internetworks and WANs
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mail server
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a specialized server that manages the flow of e-mail messages for network users.
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Metropolitan area network MAN
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a type of network that uses WAN technologies to interconnect LANs within a specific geographic region, such as a county or a city.
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network administrator
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the person responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining a network
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Network Information Service (NIS)
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a service available on the Linux O.S. that provides a central database for user names and passowrds, which controls user acces to network resources
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network medium
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a term that usually refers to the material (metallic or fiber-optic) that links computers to the network.
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network operating system
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a specialized collection of software that enables a computer to communicate over a network and take advantage of a broad range of networking services.
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network protocols
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sets of rules for communicating across a network, computers must share a common protocol
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network resource
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any kind of device, information, or service available accross a network.
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Novell eDirectory
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the centralized database of user, group, and resource information that enables NetWSare servers to handle network logins and resource access requests and to manage resource information for an entire network
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personal digital assistants (PDA)
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Handheld computers used for personal orginzation tasks
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random access memory
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the memory cards or chips on a pc that provide working space for the cpu to use when running applications, providing network services, and so on. where ram on a server is concerned, more is usually better
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Routing and Remote access service (RRAS)
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a software componenet bundled in Windows that combines Remote Access Service (RAS) and Multi-Protocol Routing, in addition to packet filtering, demand-dial routing, and support for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
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request-response
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a description of how the client/server relationship works: a request from a client leads to some kind of response from a server. (usually, the response is the service or data requested, but sometimes it's an error message or a denaial of service based on security)
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server
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a computer with the job of responsindg to requests for serveces or resources from clients on a network
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server-based
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a type of model of networking that requires a server to provide services and resources and to manage and control access to those services and resources
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sharing
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one of the fundamental justifications for networking. in the microsoft lexicon, this term refers to the way in which resources are made available to a network
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sneakernet
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a metaphorical description of a non-networked datat exchange method; a person, presumably wearing sneakers, copies files on a disk at one computer and then hand-carries the disk to another computer
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specialized server
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any special function server- an application server, a communications server, a directory server or domain controller, a fax server, an email server, or a web server, among others
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users
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people who use computer as standalone systems or to access an network
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web server
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the combination of hardware and software that stores infroamtion accessible over the internet via the world wide web www.
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wireless personal area network (WPAN)
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a short-range wireless networking technology used to connect a user's handheld or wearable computing device
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workgroup model
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the windows name for peer-to-peer network that includes one or more windows based computers
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world wide web
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most well known aspect of the internet is made up of millions of documents that can be interlinked by using hyperlinks.
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