network layer

layer 3 of the OSI model for computer communication
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network layer

Summary

network layer is an OSI model layer[1]. It draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (osi_model_layer category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • network layer's image is recorded as Comparaison des modèles OSI et TCP IP.png[3].
  • network layer's instance of is recorded as OSI model layer[4].
  • network layer's follows is recorded as data-link layer[5].
  • network layer's followed by is recorded as transport layer[6].
  • network layer's part of is recorded as OSI model[7].
  • network layer's Commons category is recorded as Network layer[8].
  • network layer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lm14[9].
  • network layer's official website is recorded as https://www.iso.org/ics/35.100.30.html[10].
  • network layer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Network layer protocols[11].
  • network layer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-basic-skills?topic=terminology-network-layers[12].
  • network layer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-the-network-layer/[13].
  • network layer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-networks/network-layer-in-osi-model/[14].
  • network layer's described at URL is recorded as https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/osi-model/[15].
  • network layer's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0518098[16].
  • network layer's described by source is recorded as Oracle Corporation[17].
  • network layer's described by source is recorded as IBM[18].
  • network layer's described by source is recorded as Cloudflare[19].
  • network layer's partially coincident with is recorded as Internet layer[20].
  • network layer's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization[21].
  • network layer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/layer3[22].
  • network layer's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03732401n[23].
  • network layer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 117468950[24].
  • network layer's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C117468950[25].
  • network layer's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as nivell-de-xarxa[26].

Body

Geography

network layer's part of is recorded as OSI model[7].

Designation and Status

network layer's instance of is recorded as OSI model layer[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for network layer include Level 3 Communications[27], a business[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1985[30], headquartered in Frankfurt[31].

Why It Matters

network layer draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (osi_model_layer category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Level 3 Communications[27], a business[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1985[30], headquartered in Frankfurt[31].

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.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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