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7 Layers
All
People
Seem
To
Need
Data
Processing
Application layer(Layer 7)
Applications and Services run on it
Enables human network to interface the underlying data
network
Applications on that layer (E-mail clients, web browsers, Chats,
etc.) top-stack applications (As people are on the top of the
stack)
Applications provide people with a way to create message
Application layer services establish an interface to the
network
Protocols provide the rules and formats that govern how data
is treated
Protocols on the destination and the host must match
services, and
for
to
route
2.1.
This layer tells the driver software for the MAU (media
attachment unit, ex. network interface cards (NICs, modems,
etc.)) what needs to be sent across the medium
Remember
A convenient aid for remembering the OSI
layer names is to use the first letter of each
word in the phrase: