OSI 7 Layer Model

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Layer

Application

Description

Examples

7

Application

Data

Network process to application

DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, DHCP

6

Presentation

Data

Data representation & encryption

GIF, JPEG, SSL, MIME

5

Session

Data

Interhost Comms

NetBIOS, Sockets, Named Pipes, RPC

4

Transport

Segments

End-to-end connections and reliablity

TCP, UDP

3

Network

Packets

Path determination and logical addressing

IP, IPSec, ICMP, BGP

2

Datalinks

Frames

Physical addressing

Ethernet, Wifi, WLAN, MAC

1

Physical

Bits

Media, signal, binary transmission

CAT5

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