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, and ...

The processing in a network protocol that provides the conversion of codes and formats for the session (if required). The presentation layer is layer 6 of 7 in the OSI model. See TCP/IP and OSI model.

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