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The Advantages of Layering

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The Advantages of Layering

Each layer is self-contained but is able to send and receive data to/from the layers above and below it.

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Specialists

  • Software developers and engineers can be employed to work within one specific layer.
  • This allows people to specialise in one area.
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Layer independence

  • As long as the inputs and outputs of the layer remain consistent, then the layer can be changed without affecting the other layers.
  • This allows layers to be improved for efficiency without affecting other parts of the system.
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Debugging

  • Network engineers can diagnose and fix issues within individual layers when problems happen.
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Application development

  • Application developers can create networked applications without knowing the details of how a network physically works.

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2Software & Software Development

3Exchanging Data

4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms

5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues

6Elements of Computational Thinking

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6.2Thinking Ahead

6.3Thinking Procedurally

6.4Thinking Logically

6.5Thinking Concurrently

7Problem Solving & Programming

8Algorithms

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