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The OSI Model: An Overview
- Abstract
- This paper provides an overview of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model which defines a hierarchical architecture that logically partitions the functions required to support system-to-system communication and has served as the most basic elements of computer networking since the inception in 1984.