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OSI model

OSI model proper noun: a description of the standard functions of a communications system in terms of seven layers of abstraction (the OSI layers).

Proper noun

OSI model

  1. A description of the standard functions of a communications system in terms of seven layers of abstraction (the OSI layers).

Questions about OSI model

What does OSI model mean?
OSI model means a description of the standard functions of a communications system in terms of seven layers of abstraction (the OSI layers).
What part of speech is OSI model?
OSI model is a proper noun.

Words near OSI model in the dictionary

  1. oshona
  2. OSI
  3. OSI layer
  4. OSI layer 8
  5. OSI layers
  6. OSI model
  7. Osiandrian
  8. Osiandrians
  9. Osias
  10. Osiases
  11. Osica de Sus

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