Your mnemonic trick to remember the OSI layer

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  • astorrsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□
    tiersten wrote:
    IBM need to get a bit more colour in their gear.
    Yeah, what's it like working in a dark black data center. icon_lol.gif
    tiersten wrote:
    The only thing I'm missing a zSeries
    Good luck! They start at a little over a million each...

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  • mamonomamono Member Posts: 776 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Slowhand wrote:
    I found that it was much easier to remember all the layers, and their order, once I began to grasp an understanding of what each does and what types of devices (or functions) reside in each. The mnemonic devices didn't do much for me. Well, there was one, but I don't think anyone's going to want to hear it. . .

    I am the same way. I just know it straight as it is for face value. Makes it easier to break down with direct reference as opposed to having to use the mnemonic or start singing a song like the alphabet.
  • dontstopdontstop Member Posts: 579 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Holy thread revival batman

    A - Australia
    P - Post
    S - Seems
    T - To
    N - Never
    D - Deliver
    P - Parcels

    icon_cool.gif
  • NotHackingYouNotHackingYou Member Posts: 1,460 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I guess I'm the only backwards one. Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away
    When you go the extra mile, there's no traffic.
  • tbhoustontbhouston Member Posts: 32 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Guess the guy saying OSI was dead 4 years ago was slightly off.

    physical
    data
    networking
    transmits
    sexy
    pictures
    always

    I tried the pizza one but i kept getting the order wrong. So I came up with one that makes me giggle and easier for me personally to remember
  • RoguetadhgRoguetadhg Member Posts: 2,489 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Please, Do not tell state police anything!
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  • odysseyeliteodysseyelite Member Posts: 504 ■■■■■□□□□□
    A -A
    P- Priest
    S- Slapped
    T- The
    N- Nun
    D- During
    P- Prayer
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  • FloOzFloOz Member Posts: 1,614 ■■■■□□□□□□
    LBC90805 wrote: »
    not strictly OSI but:

    Don't = DATA
    Smoke = SEGMENT
    Pot = PACKET
    For = FRAME
    Breakfast = BITS

    thank you so much for this! lol
  • RomBUSRomBUS Member Posts: 699 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I always remembered the bottom to top ones but never from top to bottom

    Some funny ones here though
  • RouteMyPacketRouteMyPacket Member Posts: 1,104
    Tried and true old school


    Application : All
    Presentation : People
    Session : Seem
    Transport: To
    Network: Need
    Data-link: Data
    Physical: Processing
    Modularity and Design Simplicity:

    Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
    middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
    traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it?
  • shecoolshecool Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I took a CCNA course a few years ago and the instructor taught us this one:

    Please
    Do
    Not
    Touch
    Sally's
    Pretty
    Ass

    I have never forgot it, haha.
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    People
    Do
    Need
    To
    Stop
    Playing
    Around

    Adam
    Prefers
    Stephanie
    To
    Not
    Date
    People

    Forwards and Backwards...after about 11-12 years, I still know it.
  • etaparonetaparon Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Application : All
    Presentation : PRO
    Session : SPORTS
    Transport: TEAMS
    Network: NEED
    Data-link: DEFENSIVE
    Physical: PLAYERS

    GREAT IF YOU ARE A FOOTBALL FAN
  • Death DreamDeath Dream Member Posts: 149
    Eeeh, resurrections of a dead thread...

    All
    Pussy
    Seems
    To
    Need
    Deep
    Penetration

    I didn't see it listed, so there that one is.
  • HondabuffHondabuff Member Posts: 667 ■■■□□□□□□□
    1) Please
    2) Do
    3) Not
    4) Touch
    5) Steves
    6) Pet
    7) Alligator
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  • lsud00dlsud00d Member Posts: 1,571
    I go with the pizza thing but use "Programmers" instead and think of my dev friend because he confirmed he does not throw sausage pizza away.

    Then, for TCP/IP I do

    Pain
    In
    The
    Ass

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  • Iceman25kIceman25k Member Posts: 30 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Studying for the Network+ got Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away ingrained in my head. I've tried the others, but I keep coming back to the Pizza model because I love pizza, you love pizza, everybody loves pizza.
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  • JeanMJeanM Member Posts: 1,117
    shecool wrote: »
    I took a CCNA course a few years ago and the instructor taught us this one:

    Please
    Do
    Not
    Touch
    Sally's
    Pretty
    Ass

    I have never forgot it, haha.

    Hahaha, your instructor?
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  • mohamedshajidmohamedshajid Member Posts: 81 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Hmmm. Jibbajabba this is good post to understand the OSI Model layers actually no one would be understand the actual functions of each layers probably what does or what are the protocols that has been used? but of course this is good method to memorized the things in either way good or bad (Bad is the best), If you give any tips with function therefore good method to remember the whole thing :D
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  • cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    shecool wrote: »
    I took a CCNA course a few years ago and the instructor taught us this one:

    Please
    Do
    Not
    Touch
    Sally's
    Pretty
    Ass

    I have never forgot it, haha.

    True story: I dated a Sally many moons ago. To my benefit, she did not agree with your mnemonic.
  • manicmartianmanicmartian Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    People
    Don't
    Need
    Those
    Stupid
    Packets
    Anyway

    :p
  • CiscoWayneCiscoWayne Member Posts: 57 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I just remembered:

    Physical
    Data-link
    Network
    Transport
    Meh
    Meh
    Meh

    lol
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  • techfiendtechfiend Member Posts: 1,481 ■■■■□□□□□□
    People
    Do
    Need
    To
    See
    Pamela
    Anderson
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  • volfkhatvolfkhat Member Posts: 1,046 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Please
    Do
    Not
    Trust
    Shady
    Punk-
    @sses!
  • bender_fender100bender_fender100 Member Posts: 89 ■■□□□□□□□□
    All
    People
    Seem
    To
    Need
    Dominos
    Pizza

    I just personally like going in that order, but I know that the bottom is L1 and upward. I didn't make this one up, but when I learned this one, the layers just stuck to my head easier.
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  • DeathmageDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496
    All
    People
    Seem
    To
    Need
    Data
    Processing
  • TWXTWX Member Posts: 275 ■■■□□□□□□□
    shecool wrote: »
    I took a CCNA course a few years ago and the instructor taught us this one:

    Please
    Do
    Not
    Touch
    Sally's
    Pretty
    Ass

    I have never forgot it, haha.


    Poor Sally, she's living proof as to how misogynistic computing has been. icon_sad.gif

    I learned it as Please Do Not Take Sally's Panties Away.

    I don't know when I learned it exactly, but I might have learned it close to 20 years ago when I got my A+.
  • TechGuru80TechGuru80 Member Posts: 1,539 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Plazma wrote: »
    Ohhh i got a good one !

    I have used the pizza on before but here goes

    Application : All
    Presentation : People
    Session : Seem
    Transport: To
    Network: Need
    Data-link: Data
    Physical: Processing
    That is my go to.

    Also have heard:
    People
    Don't
    Need
    To
    See
    Paula
    Abdul
  • toasterboy1toasterboy1 Member Posts: 50 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Pew
    Dead
    Ninja
    Turtles
    Smell
    Pretty
    Awful

    And just realized a few weeks ago encapsulation is alphabetical. I guess technically backwards but from bottom up it works.
    Bit
    Frame
    Packet
    Segment
  • dave0212dave0212 Member Posts: 287
    I always remembered the actual names but was once told this in an interview (by the interviewer)

    All
    Prostitutes
    Seem
    To
    Need
    Double
    Penetration

    And toasterboy1, I always remembered the encapsulation as weak sun block :)

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