supplies [plural] : things (such as food, equipment, fuel, etc.) that are needed for a particular purpose and that will be used by a particular person or group. 1  They took a month's worth of supplies on the camping trip. 2  The town is in need of basic medical supplies. 3  a store that sells art/office/cleaning supplies.
The last and largest section covers end-user applications and application protocols, including general file transfer, electronic mail, Usenet, the World Wide Web, interactive protocols (such as Telnet) and administration utilities. 1  Name Systems and TCP/IP Name Registration and Name Resolution.
The Open System Interconnection (OSI) protocol suite is comprised of numerous standard protocols that are based on the OSI reference model. These protocols are part of an international program to develop data-networking protocols and other standards that facilitate multivendor equipment interoperability. The OSI program grew out of a need for international networking standards and is designed to facilitate communication between hardware and software systems despite differences in underlying architectures.