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ECE 431
Computer Networks
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Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate 4
10/25/2009

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Term
Name the OSI Layers
Definition

Application

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data Link

Physical

Term
Name the TCP/IP Layers
Definition

Application

Transport (TCP)

Internet (IP)

Network Access

Physical

Term
Physical Layer
Definition
responsible for funcionts dealing with transmission medium, signals, and data rate.
Term
Network Access Layer
Definition
responsible for exchange of data with the network to which the host is attached.  Thus this layer is concerned with access to and routing data across a netwrok for two hosts attached to the same network
Term
Internet layer
Definition
provides the routing function across multiple networks.
Term
Transport Layer(host-to-host)
Definition
ensures reliable exchange of data.  One of the responsiblitiy of this layer is to make sure the data arrive at the destination in the same order in which they were sent.
Term
Application Layer
Definition
provides the functionality needed to support the user applications (such as file transfer and email)
Term
Order of data
Definition

Network header

IP header

TCP header

Data

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