Which layer is responsible for providing a user interface?

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Application Layer - The Application Layer is the seventh and topmost layer of the OSI model. It is the layer that users directly interact with through software applications.

    
This layer provides services that allow users to send emails, browse the internet, transfer files, and more. It acts as a bridge between the user and the network by offering a way for applications to communicate over the internet or a network.

When you open a web browser or an email app, you are using the Application Layer to send and receive data. It doesn’t handle the data itself but uses lower layers to carry out the communication.

Main functions of the Application Layer:

Provides a user interface for network services
Supports applications like email, web browsing, and file transfer
Helps software talk to the network


The Application Layer makes network communication easy and usable for people. Without this layer, users would not be able to access any network services in a simple way.

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