The document presents an overview of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. It discusses the history and development of the OSI model by international standards organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. The OSI model defines a seven-layer architecture for network communication, with each layer providing services to the layer above and receiving services from the layer below. Each layer has a specific role, such as the physical layer dealing with physical connections, the data link layer handling framing and addressing, and the application layer providing interfaces for users.