Editing Presentation layer (section)

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{{Short description|Sixth layer of the OSI model of telecommunications}}
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In the seven-layer [[OSI model]] of [[computer network]]ing, the '''presentation layer''' is '''layer 6''' and serves as the data translator for the [[computer network|network]].<ref name="Network+ Guide to Networks">{{cite book | last = Dean | first = Tamara | title = Network+ Guide to Networks | publisher = Delmar | year = 2010 | pages = 44–47 | isbn = 978-1423902454 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UD0h_GqgbHgC&q=network%2B+guide+to+networks}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft Technet">{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959885.aspx |title=Presentation Layer |website=[[Microsoft TechNet]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=2023-09-18}}</ref><ref name="Hodel 2023 pp. 133–174">{{cite book | last=Hodel | first=Brian | title=Beginning Microsoft Dataverse | chapter=Presentation Layer | publisher=Apress | publication-place=Berkeley, CA | date=2023 | isbn=978-1-4842-9333-1 | doi=10.1007/978-1-4842-9334-8_5 | page=133–174 | quote=The presentation layer consists of various methods of presenting and interacting with your data.}}</ref> It is sometimes called the syntax layer.<ref>{{cite book | last = Grigonis | first = Richard | title = Computer telephony encyclopedia | publisher = CMP | year = 2000 | pages = 331 | isbn = 9781578200450 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cUYk0ZhOxpEC&q=computer+telephony+encyclopedia}}</ref>