Layer 6 – the presentation layer
The presentation layer takes the data that's passed to it from the application layer and converts it into a generic format or syntax. Some of the data being translated will be very complex and it has to be converted into a flat file, ready for streaming to the recipient. This serialized data stream is received by the recipient device and deserialized and rebuilt into its original format. The reason for this conversion is that the native format of different systems or applications may vary. By converting the data into a generic format, any device receiving the data will understand it, and by extension will be able to take it and convert it into a format the receiving application can understand.
Besides converting ...
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