AppleTalk's DDP corresponds closely to the Network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) communication model.

* Open Systems Interconnection

X. 500 directory services were traditionally accessed via the X. 500 Directory Access Protocol ( DAP ), which required the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) protocol stack.

* Open Systems International, an automation software vendor for the electric, petroleum, transportation and water industries

* Open Systems Interconnection, ISO 7498, International Organization for Standardization

* Open Systems Interconnection, a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols

The Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) model ( ISO / IEC 7498-1 ) is a product of the Open Systems Interconnection effort at the International Organization for Standardization.

* The Open Systems Engineering and Software Development Life Cycle Framework OpenSDLC. org the integrated Creative Commons SDLC

As a WAN protocol, Frame Relay is most commonly implemented at Layer 2 ( data link layer ) of the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) seven layer model.

The protocol was defined in ISO / IEC 10589: 2002 as an international standard within the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) reference design.

* GOSIP, the ( U. S .) Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile

* David M. Piscitello, A. Lyman Chapin, Open Systems Networking ( Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1993 )

* ISO / IEC 7498-1: 1994, Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference Model: The Basic Model

CMIS is part of the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) body of international network standards.

FDDI, as a product of American National Standards Institute X3T9. 5 ( now X3T12 ), conforms to the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) model of functional layering of LANs using other protocols.

The Open Systems Interconnection model ( OSI model ) is a product of the Open Systems Interconnection effort at the International Organization for Standardization.

In telecommunication, a n-entity is an active element in the n-th layer of the Open Systems Interconnection -- Reference Model ( OSI-RM ) that ( a ) interacts directly with elements, i. e., entities, of the layer immediately above or below the n-th layer, ( b ) is defined by a unique set of rules, i. e., syntax, and information formats, including data and control formats, and ( c ) performs a defined set of functions.

The Open Systems Interconnection Specification ( OSI )- refers to the use of the specifications laid out in the OSI reference model.

The Open System Interconnection ( OSI ) reference model was developed under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) and provides a rigorous description for layering protocol functions from the underlying hardware to the software interface concepts in user applications.

Considering the urgency of the need for standards which would allow constitution of heterogeneous computer networks, ISO created a new subcommittee for " Open Systems Interconnection " ( ISO / TC97 / SC 16 ) in 1977.

" This paper presents the model of architecture for Open Systems Interconnection developed by SC16.

After this Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens founded the Open Source Initiative ( OSI ), to promote the term " open-source software " as an alternative term for free software.

This was also used by Open Source Initiative ( OSI ) under the name " The Open Source Definition ", the only change being that use of the term " free software " was replaced by OSI's alternative term for free software, " open-source software ".

One popular set of free open-source software licenses are those approved by the Open Source Initiative ( OSI ) based on their Open Source Definition ( OSD ).

The Open Source Initiative ( OSI ) is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software.

They also established the Open Source Initiative ( OSI ) as a steward organization for the movement.

Some critics have claimed that its BanksterUSA site has received $ 200, 000 in funding from the Open Society Institute, the charity with ties to investor George Soros, but its BanksterUSA project was not funded by OSI.

Open systems architecture may be implemented using the OSI Model as a guide while designing the system to meet performance requirements.

The OSI Open Source Definition and the Debian Free Software Guidelines specifically allow for restrictions on distribution of modified source code, given explicit permission to distribute both patches and source code.

XNS predated and influenced the development of the Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI ) networking model.

We must realize with Prof. Charles Morris in his The Open Self that `` Man is the being that can continually remake himself, the artisan that is himself the material for his own creation ''.

The idol of the hackers, of course, is Ray Ainsley, who achieved a 19 in the United States Open.

Their secondary hero is another pro, Willie Chisholm, who drank his lunch during another Open and tried to blast his way out of a rock-strewn gully.

Open theists claim that the future is not completely knowable because people have not made their decisions yet, and therefore God knows the future in possibilities rather than certainties.

It is one of four commercial operating systems that are presently certified to The Open Group's UNIX 03 standard.

Additionally, in a section in the book entitled, " Open Letter to My Lost France ", Bardot writes that " my country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims ".

The British Open is the Open Championship men's golf tournament.

* British Open Wheelchair Championships a wheelchair tennis tournament that is part of the ITF super series

Cape Verde also is eligible for trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( AGOA ), and has signed an Open Skies agreement to facilitate air travel safety and expansion.

Open toll collection is used on some bridges and tunnels and short stretches of tolled highway, where drivers immediately pay the toll upon arriving.

* Open communion is the practice of allowing members of other churches to share communion, followed by most Protestant Christian churches

* Open source colas soft drinks whose recipe is open sourced

These rules formed the basis of the d20 System that is available under the Open Game License for use by other publishers.

Education is available at the prison ( full and part-time ), and ranges from basic educational skills to Open University courses.

The age group Open is so called because divers of any age, including those over 18, may compete in these events, so long as their dives meet a minimum standard of difficulty.

Once again, qualification is based on achieving minimum scores at earlier competitions ( in this case, within the 12 months preceding the national championships, and in an Open age group event ), or high placements in previous national championships or international competitions.

It is no longer the case that divers may use results from age group events to qualify for senior nationals, or results from Open events to qualify for age group nationals.

* The Open University of Tanzania is a fully fledged and accredited public Institution of Higher learning, mandated to conduct academic programmes leading to Certificates, Diplomas, Undergraduate and Postgraduate qualifications.

One Document Type Definition based on Dublin Core is the Open Source Metadata Framework ( OMF ) specification.

The game is currently under OBT ( Open Beta Test ) with the final release scheduled for October.

Moore also introduced what is called the Open Question Argument, a position he later rejected.

* Open enrollment is the process of allowing parents to choose which public school their child attends instead of being assigned one ( provided the school has not reached its maximum capacity number for students ).

Among Open assemblies, also termed Plymouth Brethren, the Eucharist is more commonly called the Breaking of Bread or the Lord's Supper.