What Does OSI Protocols Mean?
OSI protocols are a family of standards for information exchange. They consist of a set of rules that should represent a standard for physical connections, cabling, data formats, transmission models, as well as means to ensure correction of errors and missing data.
Techopedia Explains OSI Protocols
The OSI protocol stack works on a hierarchical form, from the hardware physical layer to the software application layer. There are a total of seven layers. Data and information are received by each layer from an upper layer.