OSI model

Summary

OSI model is a reference model^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• OSI model's instance of is recorded as reference model^[3].
• OSI model is a type of networking model^[4].
• OSI model's Commons category is recorded as OSI model^[5].
• OSI model comprises physical layer^[6].
• OSI model comprises data-link layer^[7].
• OSI model comprises network layer^[8].
• OSI model comprises transport layer^[9].
• OSI model comprises session layer^[10].
• OSI model comprises presentation layer^[11].
• OSI model comprises application layer^[12].
• OSI model's official website is recorded as https://www.iso.org/ics/35.100/x/^[13].
• OSI model's topic's main category is recorded as Category:OSI model^[14].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO 7498:1984: Information processing systems—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model^[15].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO/IEC 7498–1:1994: Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model: The Basic Model^[16].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO 7498–2:1989: Information processing systems—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model—Part 2: Security Architecture^[17].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO 7498–3:1989: Information processing systems—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model—Part 3: Naming and addressing^[18].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO/IEC 7498–3:1997: Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model: Naming and addressing^[19].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as ISO/IEC 7498–4:1989: Information processing systems—Open Systems Interconnection—Basic Reference Model—Part 4: Management framework^[20].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as The elements of networking style and other essays and animadversions on the art of intercomputer networking^[21].
• OSI model's described by source is recorded as RFC 871: Perspective on the ARPANET reference model^[22].
• OSI model's partially coincident with is recorded as TCP/IP model^[23].
• OSI model's topic has template is recorded as Template:OSI model^[24].
• OSI model's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization^[25].
• OSI model's has immediate cause is recorded as Open Systems Interconnection^[26].
• OSI model's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/osi^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

OSI model's instance of is recorded as reference model^[3]. It is a type of networking model^[4].

Use and Application

Components include physical layer^[6], an OSI model layer^[28]; data-link layer^[7], an it layer^[29]; network layer^[8], an it layer^[30]; transport layer^[9], an abstraction layer^[31]; session layer^[10], an it layer^[32]; and presentation layer^[11], an it layer^[33].

Why It Matters

OSI model has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 129 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]