https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Awfkiexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-21T08:58:52ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2105:_Modern_OSI_Model&diff=1688672105: Modern OSI Model2019-01-30T12:44:33Z<p>Awfki: removed "end up" and change influencing to influence as I think it reads better</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2105<br />
| date = January 30, 2019<br />
| title = Modern OSI Model<br />
| image = modern_osi_model.png<br />
| titletext = In retrospect, I shouldn't have used each layer of the OSI model as one of my horcruxes.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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The {{w|OSI Model}} is a computing model for network communications that abstracts a communication between two services like a Facebook client and Facebook servers all the way from physical to user interaction layers. As Facebook is one of the most used websites in the world with more than a billion users, Randall claims that the "application" layer (what the client sees and uses) is mostly Facebook.<br />
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A light gray shape labeled "Googled & Amazon" surrounds all seven layers of the model in an irregular shape indicating that Google and Amazon, by dent of their size and dominance at multiple layers of model influence the entire structure. An example of Google's influence would be their introduction of new protocols like QUIC and SPDY as replacements for the existing HTTP protocol that was a foundation of the web. <br />
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The title text refers to Horcruxes used by Voldemort in the Harry Potter book series. A Horcrux is a magical artifact used to house a wizard's soul, preventing them from dying if their body is destroyed. Since they can only be created by murdering other people, they are heavily forbidden, and before Voldemort it was unheard of for a wizard to use more than one. Voldemort used seven -- the same number of layers Randall uses in the OSI model. However, while Voldemort hid his seven Horcruxes in different places to make himself that much harder to kill, Randall has stashed all seven in the same place, defeating the purpose of using more than one.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:'''Modern OSI Model'''<br />
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::Application (Facebook)<br />
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::Presentation<br />
<br />
::Session<br />
<br />
::Transport<br />
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::Network<br />
<br />
:Google & Amazon<br />
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::Data link<br />
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::Physical<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Awfkihttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2105:_Modern_OSI_Model&diff=1688662105: Modern OSI Model2019-01-30T12:41:28Z<p>Awfki: Replaced the section on "Google & Amazon" - the irregular light gray shape is an indicator of their influence on the entire model, the placement of the label between layers 2 & 3 is coincidental.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2105<br />
| date = January 30, 2019<br />
| title = Modern OSI Model<br />
| image = modern_osi_model.png<br />
| titletext = In retrospect, I shouldn't have used each layer of the OSI model as one of my horcruxes.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a seven-layered BOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The {{w|OSI Model}} is a computing model for network communications that abstracts a communication between two services like a Facebook client and Facebook servers all the way from physical to user interaction layers. As Facebook is one of the most used websites in the world with more than a billion users, Randall claims that the "application" layer (what the client sees and uses) is mostly Facebook.<br />
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A light gray shape labeled "Googled & Amazon" surrounds all seven layers of the model in an irregular shape indicating that Google and Amazon, by dent of their size and dominance at multiple layers of model end up influencing the entire structure. An example of Google's influence would be their introduction of new protocols like QUIC and SPDY as replacements for the existing HTTP protocol that was a foundation of the web. <br />
<br />
The title text refers to Horcruxes used by Voldemort in the Harry Potter book series. A Horcrux is a magical artifact used to house a wizard's soul, preventing them from dying if their body is destroyed. Since they can only be created by murdering other people, they are heavily forbidden, and before Voldemort it was unheard of for a wizard to use more than one. Voldemort used seven -- the same number of layers Randall uses in the OSI model. However, while Voldemort hid his seven Horcruxes in different places to make himself that much harder to kill, Randall has stashed all seven in the same place, defeating the purpose of using more than one.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:'''Modern OSI Model'''<br />
<br />
::Application (Facebook)<br />
<br />
::Presentation<br />
<br />
::Session<br />
<br />
::Transport<br />
<br />
::Network<br />
<br />
:Google & Amazon<br />
<br />
::Data link<br />
<br />
::Physical<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Awfki