In some cases, applications can be based upon industry-accepted standards, as shown in Figure 10-27. For example, for devices that need to be able to connect to other devices to transfer data or to ...

The processing in a network protocol that provides the starting point and purpose of the communications session. The application layer is layer 7 of 7 in the OSI model. For example, email, Web ...

A network device that integrates routing and switching by forwarding traffic at layer 2 speed using layer 7 (application layer) information. For example, an XML switch can analyze the XML tags at the ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. For those still using ChatGPT, the latest advancements in large language models (LLMs) have ...