Your mnemonic trick to remember the OSI layer

This is something I never really forgotten (which probably helps when starting to study for the CCNA) is the OSI model ..

I thought, why don't we all share how we remember them :P

So here is my one (top to bottom)

[Application] All
[Presentation] Pros
[Session] Search
[Transport] Top
[Network] Notch
[Data Link] Donut
[Physical] Places

The CBT Nugget one is not too bad either (Bottom to Top)

[Application] Away
[Presentation] Pizza
[Session] Sausage
[Transport] Throw
[Network] Not
[Data Link] Do
[Physical] Please

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CiscoWayne

dave0212 wrote: »

I always remembered the actual names but was once told this in an interview (by the interviewer)

All
Prostitutes
Seem
To
Need
Double
Penetration

LOL! My favourite so far

volfkhat

Please
Do
Not
Test
Sarah
Palin's
Acumen

techfiend

dave0212 how did that interview end up? Other than laughing uncontrollably due to wtfness I really don't know how I'd act if a stranger said that to me in a professional setting.

That might be a good one to say in a bad interview just to see the reaction.

JamesKurtovich

All
People
Seem
To
Need
Data
Packets

kiam

LBC90805 wrote: »

not strictly OSI but:

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

Love this!

alan2308

Please Do Not Teach Students Pointless Acronyms

No, seriously.

volfkhat

alan2308 wrote: »

Please Do Not Teach Students Pointless Acronyms

No, seriously.

wow.... checkmate

bender_fender100

alan2308 wrote: »

Please Do Not Teach Students Pointless Acronyms

No, seriously.

Hahahahaha! Great one.

theodoxa

All People Seem To Need Data Processing

Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical

If you recite it enough, you may not even need a mnemonic anymore. I've reached that point with the OSI Model and Planets (My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas -- Pluto was still a planet when I was in school).

CarlSaiyed wrote: »

I guess I'm the only backwards one. Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away

That is the other one I used to use (bottom-up). I couldn't remember what it was. For some reason top-down seems to be easier to remember as a mnemonic.

etaparon wrote: »

Application : All
Presentation : PRO
Session : SPORTS
Transport: TEAMS
Network: NEED
Data-link: DEFENSIVE
Physical: PLAYERS

GREAT IF YOU ARE A FOOTBALL FAN

This is how I remember how to make crossover cables.

10/100 Ethernet = University of Miami (Cross the Orange and Green Pairs)

T1 = University of Florida (Cross the Orange and Blue Pairs)

RomBUS

jibbajabba wrote: »

This is something I never really forgotten (which probably helps when starting to study for the CCNA) is the OSI model ..

I thought, why don't we all share how we remember them :P

So here is my one (top to bottom)

[Application] All
[Presentation] Pros
[Session] Search
[Transport] Top
[Network] Notch
[Data Link] Donut
[Physical] Places

The CBT Nugget one is not too bad either (Bottom to Top)

[Application] Away
[Presentation] Pizza
[Session] Sausage
[Transport] Throw
[Network] Not
[Data Link] Do
[Physical] Please

I always repeat the bottom-up way for remembering this. Never knew there was on from the top to the bottom so thanks for that

dave0212

techfiend wrote: »

dave0212 how did that interview end up? Other than laughing uncontrollably due to wtfness I really don't know how I'd act if a stranger said that to me in a professional setting.

That might be a good one to say in a bad interview just to see the reaction.

LOL techfiend

I got the job, it was the tech portion so just me and a senior engineer

hannism

PEW
Dead
Ninja
Turtles
Smell
Particularly
Awful

stunnedsoup

The All Pro Sports Teams Need Defensive Players is a new one to me. I like it!

I honestly don't use a mnemonic to memorize the layers. I have beat the layers into my head so much and wrote them down so many times that I just know it cold. But, I will forever remember the mnemonic listed above! Thanks!

ashpshai

Aaple
Pawar
Sahed
TV var
Nahi
Disle
Parwa

(Maharashtrian guys will love it )

jeremywatts2005

When I taught networking or when I was a dean and has student learning it was always sausage pizza. Then I would have sausage pizzas brought in for the entire class.We would recite the OSI 7 layer model while eating sausage pizza. No one could ever figure out why I had such high success rates in my networking 101 course and almost perfect retention. Students loved the class.

imperialxgx

Physical - Please
Data Link - Do
Network - Not
Transport - Try
Session - Sticking
Presentation - Pretzles (up your)
Application - Ass

Priston

Old thread but, I just remember the most important layers

Physical - Please
Data Link - Do
Network - Needful

Application - ASAP

DatabaseHead

Good find! Thanks for bumping it!