Open Data-Link InterfaceODI (Open Data-Link Interface) is a software interface that allows different Data-Link Layer protocols to share the same driver or adapter in a computer. ODI was introduced by Novell. For example, using ODI, both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX can share the same device adapter. The Data-Link Layer, part of the Open Systems Interconnect ( OSI ) model, provides a way to move data across a physical link.
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In the 1980’s, before the arrival of the World Wide Web, what was an application for sharing messages called?
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