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The media-to-transport interface defines how transport protocol software makes use of particular media and hardware types ("card drivers"). For example, this interface level would define how [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP]] transport software would talk to [[Ethernet]] hardware. Examples of these interfaces include [[Open Data-Link Interface|ODI]] and [[NDIS]] in the [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[MS-DOS|DOS]] world.

The application-to-transport interface defines how application programs make use of the transport layers. For example, this interface level would define how a [[web browser]] program would talk to TCP/IP transport software. Examples of these interfaces include [[Berkeley sockets]] and [[SysVSystem StreamsV]] streams in the [[Unix]] world, and [[Winsock]] in the Microsoft world.

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