1. The Open Systems Interconnection Model (OSI)
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model contains seven helpful layers that perform specific services in accordance with their layer. It is a logical model of how network systems communicate to each other in a series of protocols. These layers include the Application layer, the Presentation layer, the Session layer, the Transport layer, the Network layer, the Data Link layer, and the Physical layer. The descriptions of each layer are as follows:
Application Layer
The seventh or top layer within the OSI model is called the Application layer. The responsibilities of the application layer is to provide network applications access to programs. This layer directs communication …show more content…
The open-source software LAMP works together to create the social network as we know it. Apache HTTP web servers running Linux operating systems, MySQL being a popular database management system, and PHP as a general-purpose web development language. Some social networks run a Memcached system, which delegates information in the RAM instead of the database. This allows data to be quickly accessed instead of gathering it from the database.
Advantages of Social Media
• Data is spread much more quickly than in any other media. This can allow news to reach a large audience even more quickly than before. It can help authorities put out information to the public so the public is aware of an unsafe event, and help the authorities make it safe again.
• Big social media networks allow their codes to be widely available, they promote programmers and developers to run these codes in hopes they will create applications that can be used on their networks.
• Social media can help people connect that would have never met otherwise. This could help introverted people make new friends and increase the overall happiness in their lives.
• Linux operating systems provide great flexibility in regards to operation while also ensuring security, which is why most Social Media run these within their web