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The '''Open Data-Link Interface''' ('''ODI'''), developed by [[Apple Computer|Apple]] and [[Novell]], serves the same function as Microsoft and 3COM's [[Network Driver Interface Specification]] (NDIS). Originally, ODI was written for [[NetWare]] and [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] environments. Like NDIS, ODI provides rules that establish a vendor-neutral interface between the protocol stack and the adapter driver. It resides in Layer 2, the Data Link layer, of the [[OSI model|OSI meodel]]. This interface also enables one or more network drivers to support one or more [[protocol stack]]s.

==See also==