!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [Communication Layer]


!! [OSI-Model]
[{$pagename}] of the [OSI-Model] is responsible for the delivery and formatting of [information|Data] to the [Application Layer] for further processing or display.

[{$pagename}] relieves the [Application Layer] of concern regarding syntactical differences in [data] representation within the end-user systems. 

An [example] of a presentation service would be the conversion of an [EBCDIC]-coded text computer file to an [ASCII]-coded file.

[Encoding], [Decoding], [Encryption] and [Decryption] is typically (within the [OSI-Model]) performed at the [{$pagename}] or within lower levels.

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Presentation_layer|Wikipedia:Presentation_layer|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-04-01-