# OSI

## What is OSI?

OSI model is a suite of protocols, or rules, to govern how computers communicate with one another.

## Layers

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* **Physical layer**: standards for transimitting raw data (bits)
* **Data link layer**: standards for transferring data between network nodes in WAN or LAN segment
* **Network layer** (L3): communication across different networks.
* **Transport layer**: transfer of data between users. This layer provides the ack of the successful data transmission and sends the next data if no errors occurred.
* **Session layer**: mechanism for opening, closing, and managing a session between application processes.
* **Presentation layer**: is responsible for formatting and delivering information to the application layer. It translates data based on syntax.
* **Application layer** (L7): user interacts directly with this layer.


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