Layer 6 - The Presentation Layer
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7 Application
6 Presentation <=This layer is responsible for presenting the data in the required format which may include: Code Formatting Encryption Compression PDU - Formatted Data 5 Session 4 Transport 3 Network 2 Data Link 1 Physical
The Presentation band gets its name from its purpose: It presents abstracts to the Application band and is amenable for abstracts adaptation and cipher formatting
Exam Watch The presentation band determines how abstracts is represented to the user. Examples of presentation band protocols and standards accommodate ASCII, BMP, GIF, JPEG, WAV, AVI, and MPEG.
ASCII (the American Accepted Cipher for Information Interchange, acclimated by best accessories today) uses seven $.25 to represent characters. EBCDIC (Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code, developed by IBM)
PICT A account architecture acclimated by Macintosh programs for appointment QuickDraw graphics.
TIFF Tagged Image Book Format; a accepted cartoon architecture for high-resolution, bitmapped images.
JPEG Photo standards brought to us by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. Other standards adviser movies and sound:
MIDI Musical Instrument Agenda Interface (sometimes alleged Musical Instrument Device Interface), acclimated for digitized music.
MPEG Increasingly accepted Moving Account Experts Group accepted for the compression and coding of motion video for CDs. It provides agenda accumulator and bit ante up to 1.5Mbps.
QuickTime For use with Macintosh programs; manages audio and video applications.
RTF Rich Argument Format, a book architecture that lets you barter argument files amid altered chat processors, alike in altered operating systems.
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