"OSI layer" meaning in English

See OSI layer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: OSI layers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} OSI layer (plural OSI layers)
  1. (networking) Any of the seven layers of abstraction in the OSI model of communications systems Categories (topical): Networking

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