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Foil 8 Networking Standards: OSI Layers

From Introduction to Architecture of World Wide Web CPS406/606 -- Fall Semester 98. by Nancy J. McCracken
Network communication protocols are usually described via a set of layering conventions from the International Standards Organization (ISO) known as the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model.
Presentation
Session
Application
Network
Data Link
Transport
Physical
Message to Send
Presentation
Session
Application
Network
Data Link
Transport
Physical
Message Received
Web Request
Message
Packets
Cells
Message actually sent in Bits
over physical medium

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