Learn about the functions, protocols, standards, examples, and challenges of the application layer in the TCP/IP model, and how it enables network communication.

Short Bytes: Application layer is the last layer in the OSI model of layers in the computer networks. Being the last layer, the application layer works as an abstraction layer that specifies the ...

According to the OSI Model, the session layer is where connections are established, managed, and torn down. For connection-oriented network protocols, understanding how the session layer works ...

The application layer is layer 7 of 7 in the OSI model. For example, email, Web browsing and video streaming applications reside at layer 7. See TCP/IP and OSI model.

As a matter of fact, when I started writing this post I titled it “Layer 4 of the OSI Model – understanding the application layer,” and then I had to go back and correct myself.

A tutorial on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking reference model plus tips on how to memorize the seven layers.

Comparing and contrasting the OSI and TCP/IP models of networking.