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TRANSFER LAYER [1 record]

Record 1 2014-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
DEF

A software layer that implements OSI (open systems interconnection) layers 5, 6 and the lower part of level 7 (OSI session and presentation layers, as well as switching facilities and store-and-forward traffic).

OBS

It consists of the MTA (message transfer agent) with session control and the message transfer units (MTUs) for free-flowing message formats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Sous-couche de la couche application qui se charge de relayer un message vers la sous-couche supérieure agent usager destinataire ou vers un nouvel agent de transfert de messages.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
DEF

Capa de soporte lógico que implementa las capas ISA (interconexión de sistemas abiertos) 5, 6 y la parte inferior de la capa 7 (capas de sesión y presentación, así como servicios de conmutación y tráfico con almacenamiento y retransmisión).

OBS

Consta del agente de transferencia de mensajes (ATM) con control de la sesión y de las unidades de transferencia de mensajes (UTM) para formatos de mensaje de flujo libre.

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