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OSI, TCP/IP, & PDUs
OSI model, PDUs, and TCP/IP stack
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Physical layer | The lowest/first layer in the OSI model |
| Bits | The PDU for the physical layer |
| Signals | The PDU for the physical layer |
| Data-Link layer | The second layer in the OSI model |
| Frames | The PDU for the Data-Link layer |
| Network Interface | The TCP/IP stack version of the physical and data-link layers from the OSI model |
| Network Interface | The lowest layer in the TCP/IP stack |
| Network layer | The third layer in the OSI model |
| Packets | The PDU for the Network layer |
| Internet layer | The TCP/IP stack equivalent of the Network layer from the OSI model |
| Transport layer | The fourth layer of the OSI model |
| Transport layer | The third layer of the TCP IP stack |
| Transport layer | The TCP/IP stack equivalent of the Transport layer from the OSI model |
| Segments | The PDU for the Transport layer |
| PDU | Protocol data units |
| PDUs | Bits/signal, frames, packets, segments |
| Session layer | The fifth layer of the OSI model |
| Presentation layer | The sixth layer of the OSI model |
| Application layer | The seventh layer of the OSI model |
| Application layer | The TCP/IP stack equivalent of the Session, Presentation, and Application layers |
| Application layer | The fourth layer of the TCP/IP model |
| Application layer | The highest layer of the OSI model |
| Application layer | The highest layer of the TCP/IP stack |