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 ...

It will not come as a surprise to learn that many of today’s applications are more complex than those used on the internet only a decade ago. While advances in this area have transformed the face of ...

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 ...