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abbr.
Office of Strategic Services


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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.


 
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is short for:

Meaning Category
OEX Support SystemGovernmental->NASA
Object Services StandardAcademic & Science->Electronics
Observing Simulation SystemAcademic & Science->Ocean Science
Office of Survey SystemsAcademic & Science->Universities
Office of Space ScienceAcademic & Science->Ocean Science
Governmental->NASA
Office of Space StationGovernmental->NASA
Office of Strategic ServicesGovernmental->FBI Files
Governmental->Military
Oh So SocialInternet->Chat
One Stop ShoppingBusiness->General
Ontario Secondary SchoolsCommunity->Schools
Ontario Sire StakesCommunity->Sports
Open Sound SystemCommunity->Music
Open Source SoftwareBusiness->Firms
Computing->Software
Open Source SolutionsBusiness->Firms
Open Source SystemsComputing->Hardware
Open System SupportComputing->General
Openly Stealable SourceComputing->Software
Operating System SwitchComputing->Software
Operating Systems SoftwareComputing->Software
Operation And Support SystemComputing->General
Operation Support SystemGovernmental->Military
Computing->Telecom
Operational Support SystemGovernmental->NASA
Operational Support SystemsGovernmental->Military
Operations Support SystemGovernmental->Military
Operator Services SystemComputing->Telecom
Optical Surveillance SystemGovernmental->Military
Optics SubsystemsGovernmental->NASA
Oracle Support ServicesBusiness->Firms
Orbiting Space StationGovernmental->NASA
Organex Software ServicesBusiness->Firms
Osh, KyrgyzstanRegional->Airport Codes
OsseticRegional->Language Codes (3 Letters)
Other Stable ShareholdersBusiness->Stock Exchange
Out Of School SuspensionCommunity->Educational
Out of School SuspensionCommunity->Schools
Search result (MS Office)Computing->File Extensions

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OSS may refer to:

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Companies and organizations:

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Entertainment:

  • O.S.S. (film), a 1946 film about the Office of Strategic Services
  • OSS (series), the name of an ITC Entertainment TV series which aired in 1957
  • The OSS, a fictional US government agency in the Spy Kids series

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