Difference between OSI Model and TCP/IP Model

Nao
1 min readMay 31, 2020

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Currently, I’ve been learning about TCP/IP. I’ve just started a book about it last week.

The book starts with the OSI model 🤔 My boss also says the OSI model is important. I had wondered why. Because I learn the TCP/IP.

Today, I got it.

So, the OSI model is a theory. It’s never been used. Because that is a concept. It is used for understanding computing systems. On the other hand, the TCP/IP is an actual model that is used for transmitting data over the Internet.

Hmm! So that I need to understand the OSI model first. Makes sense finally.

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