Written-only acronym for “Open Source Software” (see open source). This is a rather ugly TLA, and the principals in the open-source movement don't use it, but it has (perhaps inevitably) spread through the trade press like kudzu.

Abbreviations: OSS

is short for:

Meaning	Category
Object Services Standard	Academic & Science->Electronics
Observing Simulation System	Academic & Science->Ocean Science
Office of Survey Systems	Academic & Science->Universities
Office of Space Science	Academic & Science->Ocean Science
Office of Strategic Services	Governmental->Military Governmental->FBI Files
Oh So Social	Internet->Chat
One Stop Shopping	Business->General
Ontario Secondary Schools	Community->Schools
Ontario Sire Stakes	Community->Sports
Open Sound System	Community->Music
Open Source Software	Business->Firms Computing->Software
Open Source Solutions	Business->Firms
Open Source Systems	Computing->Hardware
Open System Support	Computing->General
Openly Stealable Source	Computing->Software
Operating System Switch	Computing->Software
Operation And Support System	Computing->General
Operation Support System	Computing->Telecom Governmental->Military
Operational Support System	Governmental->NASA
Operational Support Systems	Governmental->Military
Operations Support System	Governmental->Military
Operator Services System	Computing->Telecom
Optical Surveillance System	Governmental->Military
Oracle Support Services	Business->Firms
Organex Software Services	Business->Firms
Osh, Kyrgyzstan	Regional->Airport Codes
Ossetic	Regional->Language Codes (3 Letters)
Other Stable Shareholders	Business->Stock Exchange
Out Of School Suspension	Community->Educational
Out of School Suspension	Community->Schools
Search result (MS Office)	Computing->File Extensions

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Wikipedia: OSS (disambiguation)

OSS may refer to any of the following:

Office of Strategic Services, World War II forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency
O.S.S. (film), a 1946 film about the Office of Strategic Services
Open Sound System
Open-source software
Operations Support Systems, computers used by telecommunications service providers to administer and maintain network systems
Operations Support Squadron
Out of School Suspension
Optimized Systems Software, a former software company
the Old Syriac Sinaiticus, a Bible manuscript
OSS (series), the name of an ITC Entertainment TV series which aired in 1957.
ÖSS (Öğrenci Seçme Sınavı), the only university entrance exam in Turkey
Outram Secondary School
Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands
The Office for Science and Society in Montreal

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