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Layer 3 refers to the third layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model, which is the network layer.
Layer 3 is responsible for all packet forwarding between intermediate routers, as opposed to Layer 2 (the data link layer), which is responsible for media access control and flow control, as well as error checking of Layer 1 processes.
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