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link layer

lowest abstraction layer in the Internet Protocol Suite
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link layer

Summary

link layer is an abstraction layer[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (abstraction_layer category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • link layer's instance of is recorded as abstraction layer[3].
  • link layer's followed by is recorded as Internet layer[4].
  • link layer's part of is recorded as TCP/IP model[5].
  • link layer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f757r[6].
  • link layer's partially coincident with is recorded as data-link layer[7].
  • link layer's different from is recorded as data-link layer[8].
  • link layer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 12570599[9].
  • link layer's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C12570599[10].

Body

Geography

link layer's part of is recorded as TCP/IP model[5].

Designation and Status

link layer's instance of is recorded as abstraction layer[3].

Why It Matters

link layer draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (abstraction_layer category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). link layer. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/link-layer
MLA “link layer.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/link-layer.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_link-layer_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{link layer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/link-layer}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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