OSI
Encyclopedia
General
- OSI PharmaceuticalsOSI PharmaceuticalsOSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company based in Long Island, New York with facilities in Colorado, New Jersey and the United Kingdom. OSI specializes in the discovery and development of molecular targeted therapies, and was listed in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index...
, an American pharmaceutical company - OSI Restaurant Partners, the restaurant and entertainment group that includes Outback Steakhouse
- OSI SystemsOSI SystemsOSI Systems, Inc. is a worldwide company based in California that develops and markets security and inspection systems such as airport security X-ray machines and metal detectors, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices...
, a company that manufactures security scanners and medical equipment based in California - Objective Systems IntegratorsObjective Systems Integrators- Introduction :OSI is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products which automate the monitoring, control, delivery, and management of services for multinational corporation service providers including:*...
, a company that provides monitoring software for communication networks - Olomouc Summer InstituteOlomouc Summer InstituteOlomouc Summer Institute is a project assembling students from all over the world each year, at the beginning of July, in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. The project began in 1994 and in a time span of 11 years it evolved continuously. Beginning with 1998, the OSI welcomed a broad contingent of...
, an educational program for high-school students - Open Space InstituteOpen Space InstituteOpen Space Institute is a conservation organization and think tank with an extensive mission statement. It seeks to preserve scenic, natural and historic landscapes for public enjoyment, conserve habitats while sustaining community character, and help protect the environment...
, an organization that seeks to preserve scenic, natural and historic landscapes - Open Society InstituteOpen Society InstituteThe Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...
, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world - Ordnance Survey IrelandOrdnance Survey IrelandOrdnance Survey Ireland is the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland and, together with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland , succeeded, after 1922, the Irish operations of the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey. It is part of the Public service of the Republic of Ireland...
(Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) - Otto-Suhr-InstitutOtto-Suhr-InstitutThe Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft is one of the most famous institutes of the Free University of Berlin and the biggest political-science institution in Germany....
, the political-science institute of the Free University of Berlin - Options Symbology Initiative, a plan to change the way that exchange-traded options are named
- Open Systems InternationalOpen Systems InternationalOpen Systems International, Inc. is a supplier of open automation solutions for real-time management and optimization of complex production, transport, and delivery networks for...
, an automation software vendor for the electric, petroleum, transportation and water industries - Osijek AirportOsijek AirportOsijek Airport is the airport serving Osijek, Croatia. The airport is located 20 km east southeast of Osijek and is situated near the Osijek - Vukovar regional road, southwest of the eponymous village of Klisa.-Passenger Services:...
, an airport in Croatia
Government
- Office of Scientific IntelligenceOffice of Scientific IntelligenceOffice of Scientific Intelligence was the name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1963, it was incorporated into the Directorate of Science & Technology.-Pop culture:...
, former name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency now called the Directorate of Science and Technology - Office of Strategic InfluenceOffice of Strategic InfluenceThe Office of Strategic Influence, or OSI, was a department created by the United States Department of Defense on October 30, 2001, to support the War on Terrorism through psychological operations in targeted countries, including the United States...
, a short-lived former American government agency created in 2001, part of the Department of Defense and focused on psychological warfare - Office of Special Investigations, a name shared by several government agencies
- U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- Office of Special Investigations (Government Accountability Office)
- Office of Special Investigations (United States Department of Justice)
- Office of Scientific Integrity, now United States Office of Research IntegrityUnited States Office of Research IntegrityThe Office of Research Integrity is one of the bodies concerned with research integrity in the United States. It was created when the Office of Scientific Integrity in the National Institutes of Health and the Office of Scientific Integrity Review in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for...
- Office of Special Investigation (Republic of Korea), a secret intelligence unit of Republic of Korea Air ForceRepublic of Korea Air ForceThe Republic of Korea Air Force is the air force of South Korea...
Technology
- Open Systems InterconnectionOpen Systems InterconnectionOpen Systems Interconnection is an effort to standardize networking that was started in 1977 by the International Organization for Standardization , along with the ITU-T.-History:...
, a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols- OSI modelOSI modelThe Open Systems Interconnection model is a product of the Open Systems Interconnection effort at the International Organization for Standardization. It is a prescription of characterizing and standardizing the functions of a communications system in terms of abstraction layers. Similar...
, a layered description for communications and computer network protocol design
- OSI model
- Open Source InitiativeOpen Source InitiativeThe Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software.The organization was founded in February 1998, by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond, prompted by Netscape Communications Corporation publishing the source code for its flagship Netscape Communicator product...
, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software - Ohio ScientificOhio ScientificOhio Scientific Inc. was a United States computer company that built and marketed computers from the late 1970s to the early 1980s...
Inc., a microcomputer manufacturer from the late 1970s to the early 1980s - Open Switching Interval, a type of disconnect supervisionDisconnect supervisionDisconnect supervision is a term in telephony describing signaling between the telephone exchange and a connected party used to indicate that the connected call is being disconnected....
- On-Site Inspection, an advanced measure technique combining several methods - especially used in order to detect nuclear tests
- Officine Stampaggi IndustrialiOfficine Stampaggi IndustrialiThe Officine Stampaggi Industriali was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former president of Ghia Luigi Segre and Arrigo Olivetti ....
, Italian coachbuilder
Entertainment
- OSI (band)OSI (band)OSI is an American progressive rock band, originally formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2002. Chroma Key keyboardist and vocalist Kevin Moore is the only other full-time member of the band...
, an American progressive rock supergroup named after the former Office of Strategic Influence government agency - Origin SystemsOrigin SystemsOrigin Systems, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Austin, Texas that was active from 1983 to 2004...
, a former United States computer game developer - Office of Strategic Influence (album)Office of Strategic Influence (album)Office of Strategic Influence is the first album by American progressive rock band OSI, released by InsideOut Music on February 18, 2003. The album was recorded in June 2002 and mixed in August 2002 at the Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut....
, the 2003 debut album by the band OSI
Fiction
- "Office of Scientific Intelligence", a fictional United States government agency in several television programs and movies
- "Office of Secret Intelligence", a fictional United States government secret agency in the animated series The Venture Bros.