Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'How the OSI Model Works', 1.
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I will try to explain how the OSI model works so that it is easier to understand for those that have trouble with the concept. Think of communications in terms of people.
Each person that you talk to is like a computer with its own capacity to compute and / or calculate information.
If I speak directly with you and share information, that is like a peer to peer network. There really isn't any "hardware" at the physical layer involved to conduct
this activity unless you were a beautiful woman, in which case I might have to use my hardware to communicate to you my thoughts.

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