THE REAL STANDARD FOR COMMUNICATIONS:
THE INTERNET



    The INTERNET and TCP/IP Reference model
    (aka "the Internet suite"):

  •    Is the standard de facto for the majority of networks
  •    It has only four layers:
    OSI INTERNET SUITE
    7. Application Application
    6. Presentation
    5. Session
    4. Transport Transport
    3. Network Internet
    2. Data link Host-to-network
    1. Physical

  •    OSI Presentation and Session layers are missing
  •    The Internet layer (OSI: Network) handles packets
  •    The Host-To-Network layer (OSI: Datalink + Physical) handles frames and bits


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