What is the Application layer, level 7 of the OSI model?

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Application layer is the 7 layer of OSI model that contains all services/application that implements a functionality above the transport layer (TCP/UDP)

They defined functionalities such as:

  • data format
  • security
  • and more

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The below list is non-exhaustive.




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