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OSI Model Notes Email Example

The document outlines the OSI Model, detailing each of its seven layers from the Application Layer to the Physical Layer, using email as a practical example. It explains how each layer functions, such as data translation, session management, and error checking, to facilitate email transmission. Overall, it provides a simplified understanding of how data is processed and transmitted across networks.

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OSI Model Notes Email Example

The document outlines the OSI Model, detailing each of its seven layers from the Application Layer to the Physical Layer, using email as a practical example. It explains how each layer functions, such as data translation, session management, and error checking, to facilitate email transmission. Overall, it provides a simplified understanding of how data is processed and transmitted across networks.

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OSI Model Full Notes with Email Example (Easy English)

Layer 7: Application Layer

This is the topmost layer. It allows users to access network services like email, file transfer, and web
browsing. It uses protocols like SMTP, HTTP, FTP. Example: You write and send an email using Gmail; this
layer starts the sending process.

Layer 6: Presentation Layer

This layer translates data to a network-understandable format. It encrypts data for security and compresses it
for faster transmission. Example: The email text is converted into binary, encrypted for safety, and possibly
compressed.

Layer 5: Session Layer

This layer starts, maintains, and ends connections (sessions) between devices. It controls the dialog and
adds checkpoints for recovery. Example: A session is started with the mail server and ends after email is
sent.

Layer 4: Transport Layer

Breaks large messages into segments, adds port numbers, checks for errors, and ensures reliable delivery
using TCP or UDP. Example: Email is divided into parts; each part is checked and reassembled at the
receiver's end.

Layer 3: Network Layer

Adds IP addresses, decides best route using routers, and handles fragmentation. Example: Your email is
given IP addresses and routed across the internet to the server.

Layer 2: Data Link Layer

Converts data into frames, adds MAC addresses, detects and corrects errors locally. Example: Email data is
sent from your laptop to router with correct MAC addresses.

Layer 1: Physical Layer

Handles actual bit transmission using cables or wireless. Defines hardware standards. Example: Email bits
are transmitted as electrical or wireless signals to the ISP.

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