— Application Layer
- Takes care of the needs of the specific application
- HTTP: send request, get a batch of responses from a bunch of different servers B Telnet:
dedicated interaction with another machine
— Transport Layer
- Makes sure data is exchanged reliably between the two end systems
- Needs to know how to identify the remote system and package the data properly
— Network Access Layer
- Makes sure data is exchanged reliably into and out of the computer.
- Concerns the physical connection to the network and transfer of information across this
connection
- Software here depends on physical medium used
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