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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Presentation layer |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The presentation layer is the sixth level of the seven layer OSI model. It responds to service requests from the application layer and issues service requests to the session layer.
The presentation layer is responsible for the delivery and formatting of information to the application layer for further processing or display. It relieves the application layer of concern regarding syntactical differences in data representation within the end-user systems. Note: An example of a presentation service would be the conversion of an EBCDIC-coded text file to an ASCII-coded file.
The presentation layer is the first one where people start to care about what they are sending at a more advanced level than just a bunch of ones and zeros. This layer deals with issues like how strings are represented - whether they use the Visual Basic method ("13,thisisastring") or the C++ method ("thisisastring/0"). The ideal is that the application layer should be able to point at the data to be moved, and the Presentation layer will deal with the rest.
Encryption is typically done at this level too, though it can be done at the Transport or Network layer for higher security. Another example is representing structure, which is normally standardised at this level, often by using XML. As well as simple pieces of data, like strings, more complicated things are standardised in this layer. Two common examples are 'objects' in object oriented programming, and the exact way that streaming video is transmited.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Presentation layer."
Crosswords: PRESENTATION LAYER |
| Specialty definitions using "PRESENTATION LAYER": application layer, Application Service Element ♦ common application service element ♦ ISO 8822, ISO 8823 ♦ layer 5 ♦ network redirector ♦ Open Systems Interconnect ♦ Remote Operations Service Element ♦ session layer ♦ X.216, X.226. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
presentation layer | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "PRESENTATION LAYER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | præsentationslag (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | presentatielaag (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | couche présentation, couche 6. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Darstellungsschicht (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στρώμα παρουσίασης (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | strato di presentazione (layer 6), strato del controllo di formato (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esentationpray ayerlay nível de apresentação (layer 6), camada de apresentação (layer 6). (various references) capa de presentación (layer 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: representational. | |
-3 letters: interplanetary, presentational, representation. | |
-4 letters: interpersonal, intrapersonal, replantations, retranslation, septentrional, transparently. | |
-5 letters: alternations, arsenopyrite, entertainers, interpolates, interrelates, nonliterates, penetrations, preliterates, presentation, proletarians, proletariats, reorientates, replantation, serpentinely, teleprinters, transplanter, trepanations. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: representationally. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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