Answer the following question: Information: - The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the communication functions of a telecommunication or computing system without regard to their underlying internal structure and technology. Its goal is the interoperability of diverse communication systems with standard protocols. The model partitions a communication system into abstraction layers. The original version of the model defined seven layers. - The Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. - A computer network or data network is a telecommunications network which allows nodes to share resources. In computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other using a data link. The connections between nodes are established using either cable media or wireless media. The best-known computer network is the Internet. - An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network. The application layer abstraction is used in both of the standard models of computer networking: the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) and the Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model). - The Internet protocol suite is the conceptual model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet and similar computer networks. It is commonly known as TCP/IP because the original protocols in the suite are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). It is occasionally known as the Department of Defense (DoD) model, because the development of the networking model was funded by DARPA, an agency of the United States Department of Defense. - FTAM , ISO standard 8571 , is the OSI Application layer protocol for File Transfer Access and Management . The goal of FTAM is to combine into a single protocol both file transfer , similar in concept to the Internet FTP , as well as remote access to open files , similar to NFS . However , like the other OSI protocols , FTAM has not been widely adopted , and the TCP / IP based Internet has become the dominant global network . The FTAM protocol was used in the German banking sector to transfer clearing information . The Banking Communication Standard ( BCS ) over FTAM access ( short BCS - FTAM ) was standardized in the DFU - Abkommen ( EDI - agreement ) enacted in Germany on 15 March 1995 . The BCS - FTAM transmission protocol was supposed to be replaced by the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard ( EBICS ) in 2010 . The obligatory support for BCS over FTAM was ceased in December of 2010 . RFC 1415 provides an FTP - FTAM gateway specification but attempts to define an Internet - scale file transfer protocol have instead focused on Server message block , NFS or Andrew File System as models . - The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a "network of networks" that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and peer-to-peer networks for file sharing. - In computing, an abstraction layer or abstraction level is a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality, allowing the separation of concerns to facilitate interoperability and platform independence. Software models that use layers of abstraction include the OSI 7-layer model for computer network protocols, the OpenGL graphics drawing library, and the byte stream input/output (I/O) model originated from Unix and adopted by DOS, Linux, and most other modern operating systems. 'ftam' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'instance of'? Choices: - abstraction - application - communication - communications protocol - computer - computer network - exchange - file - goal - government - information - interface - internet - internet protocol - library - mail - model - principal - public - software - standard - stream - structure - suite - system - telecommunications network - telephony
Answer:
communications protocol