{"id":9379,"date":"2014-05-27T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T08:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/layer-1\/"},"modified":"2014-05-27T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T08:50:10","slug":"layer-1","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/20334\/layer-1","title":{"rendered":"Layer 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_layer_1_mean\">What Does Layer 1 Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Layer 1 is the first layer of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model. Layer 1 consists of the various networking hardware and transmission technologies being employed by networks. \n<\/p>\n<p>This layer is the first and serves as the foundation, the fundamental layer underneath the logical data structures of other higher level network functions. This is considered as the most complex layer simply because of all the different hardware combinations there is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Layer 1 is also known as the Physical Layer.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_layer_1\">Techopedia Explains Layer 1<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Layer 1 of the OSI layer refers to the physical media of the network which are the actual hardware components that process and transmit digital data across great distances.<\/p>\n<p>It defines the means of transport for raw bits of data, actual electrical signals, rather than the logical data packets that other layers handle. 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