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| Application-Interfaces between network and application software. Also includes authentication services. |
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| Presentation-Defines the format and organazation of data. Includes encryption. |
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| Session-Establishes and maintains end to end bidirectional flows between end points. Includes managing transaction flows. |
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| Transport-provides a variety of services between two host computers, including connection establishment and termination, flow control, error recovery, and segmentation of large data blocks into smaller parts of transmission . |
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| Network-Logical addressing, routing, and path determination. |
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| Data Link- Formats data into frames appropriate for transmission onto some physical medium. Defines rules for when the medium can be used. Defines means by which to recognize transmission errors. |
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| Physical-Defines the electrical, optical, cabling, connectors, and procedural details required for transmitting bits,represented as some form of energy passing over a physical medium. |
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