APPLICATION LAYER

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Communications Systems — Open Systems Interconnection reference model — Application layer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The application layer is layer 7 of the ISO OSI 7-layer model. The application layer determines the interface of the system with the user. Layer functions are application-dependent and specify how applications use a network.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Application layer include: 
 
  • Physical layer (Layer 1)
  • data-link layer (Layer 2)
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  • network layer (Layer 3)
  • transport layer (Layer 4)
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  • session layer (Layer 5)
  • presentation layer (Layer 6)

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