data-link layer

Summary

data-link layer is an OSI model layer^[1]. It draws 1,786 Wikipedia views per month (osi_model_layer category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• data-link layer's instance of is recorded as OSI model layer^[3].
• data-link layer followed physical layer^[4].
• data-link layer was followed by network layer^[5].
• data-link layer is part of OSI model^[6].
• data-link layer's Commons category is recorded as Data link layer^[7].
• data-link layer comprises medium access control^[8].
• data-link layer comprises logical link control^[9].
• data-link layer's official website is recorded as https://www.iso.org/ics/35.100.20/x/^[10].
• data-link layer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Link protocols^[11].
• data-link layer's partially coincident with is recorded as link layer^[12].
• data-link layer's standards body is recorded as International Organization for Standardization^[13].
• data-link layer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/data-link-layer^[14].
• data-link layer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://serverfault.com/tags/link-layer^[15].
• data-link layer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://security.stackexchange.com/tags/layer2^[16].
• data-link layer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/layer2^[17].
• data-link layer's different from is recorded as link layer^[18].

Body

Geography

data-link layer is part of OSI model^[6].

Designation and Status

data-link layer's instance of is recorded as OSI model layer^[3].

Why It Matters

data-link layer draws 1,786 Wikipedia views per month (osi_model_layer category, ranking #1 of 5).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]