Session Layer

Session Layer definition - telecom
Layer 5 of the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model. Software at the Session Layer performs functions related to establishing, maintaining, coordinating, and terminating dialogues and data exchanges from end-to-end. See also layer, network architecture, OSI Reference Model, session, and software.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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