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🌐AP Networking
Key Terms

236 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Networking exam

🌐AP Networking
Key Terms by Unit

Unit 1 – Managing My Connections

1.1 Fixing What’s Slowing Me Down: Troubleshooting Issues on My Device

1.2 Getting the Most Out of My Network: Connecting and Optimizing My Device

1.3 What Could Go Wrong: Identifying the Security Needs of My Device

1.4 Locking It Down: Securing My Device

Unit 2 – Managing My Shared Connections

2.1 Missed Connection: Troubleshooting My SOHO Network

2.2 Identification Needed: Documenting My Network

2.3 Smart Moves: Upgrading My Network

2.4 Leveling Up: Advanced Features on My Network

2.5 Guarding My Network: Identifying Security Needs

2.6 Applying Defense: Securing My Network

Unit 3 – Managing Many Connections

3.1 Planning a Network: Choosing the Right Devices and Connections

3.2 Creating a Network: Switching and Topologies

3.3 Making It Work: Connecting, Configuring, and Verifying Access

3.4 Building the Boundaries: Identifying Segmentation Security

3.5 Controlling the Traffic: Firewalls and Filtering

3.6 Restored Connections: Documenting, Diagnosing, and Fixing a Segmented LAN

Unit 4 – Managing Our Global Connections

4.1 What Happens When Networks Break or Fail?

4.2 The Language of the Network: Protocols and the OSI and TCP/IP Models

4.3 Tools of Network Analysts: Using the CLI

4.4 How Data Travel the Internet: Routing, Metrics, and Paths

4.5 From the Inside Out: Monitoring and Defending a Large Network

4.6 Moving Forward: Designing for Reliability and Growth

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