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V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

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OA

Object Adapter (ORB, IDL)

OA

Office Automation

OA

Open Access (SPI, DB)

OAA

Open Arcade Architecture (Intel)

OACIS

Oregon Advanced Computing InStitute (org.)

OAD

Open Architecture Driver (Iomega)

OADG

Open Architecture Development Group (org.)

OAG

Online Airline Guide (CIS)

OAG

Open Application Group (org., USA)

OAI

Open Applications Interface

OAK

Object Application Kernel (Java, predecessor, Sun)

OAM

Object Attribute Memory (Gameboy)

OAM

Operations, Administration and Management [cell] (ATM)

OARNET

Ohio Academic Resources NETwork (network, USA), "OARnet"

OAS

Office Automation System

OASF

Office Automation System Facilities (OA)

OASIS

Online Application System Interactive Software

OASIS

Open And Secure Information Systems (Eureka)

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Statndards (org.)

OASYS

Office Automation SYStem

OATS

Office Automation Technology and Services (OA)

OAW

Optically Assisted Winchester (HDD, Seagate)

OBAK

OBjektAbbildungskatalog (ATKIS)

OBD

Online Bugs Database (Sun, DB)

OBEX

OBject EXchange (WordPerfect)

OBI

Open Buying on the Internet (Internet, WWW)

OBS

Online Book Store (Internet, WWW)

OBST

OBject management system of STONE (STONE)

OBTWIAVBP

OBligatory The World Is A Very Big Place (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC), "ObTWIAVBP"

OC

Object Class (OOP)

OC1

Optical Carrier level 1 [51,48 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-1"

OC12

Optical Carrier level 12 [622,08 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-12"

OC24

Optical Carrier level 24 [1244,16 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-24"

OC3

Optical Carrier level 3 [155,52 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-3"

OC48

Optical Carrier level 48 [2488,32 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-48"

OCC

Operations Control Center

OCC

Other Common Carrier

OCCA

Open Cooperative Computing Architecture

OCD

Out-of-Cell Delineation (UNI)

OCE

Open Collaborative Environment (Apple)

OCF

Open Clustering Framework

OCF

Open Computing Facility

OCG

Oestereichische Computer Gesellschaft (org., Oesterreich)

OCL

Object Constraint Language (DB, OO, UML, CASE)

OCL

Open Content License (OPL)

OCL

Operation Control Language

OCL

OS/2 inside Class Library (OS/2)

OCLC

Online Computer Library Center (org., Internet, USA)

OCO

Object Code Only (OOP)

OCPA

Open Content Platform Association (org., Amiga, Sharp, JVC, Kyocera, ...)

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

OCS

Object Compatibility Standard (Motorola)

OCS

Open Cabling System

OCSP

Online Certificate Status Protocol

OCX

OLE Control eXtensions (MS)

OD

Optical Disk

ODA

Office Document Architecture [protocol] (RFC 1197, ISO 8613, JTC1, ECMA)

ODA

Open Document Architecture (CCITT T.410)

ODAPI

Open Database Application Programming Interface (Borland, DB, API), "Odapi"

ODBC

Open DataBase Connectivity (WOSA, DB, API)

ODBMS

Object orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

ODC

Optical Disc Corporation (manufacturer)

ODD

Operator Distance-Dialing

ODE

Object Database and Environment (AT&T, DB)

ODE

Online Data Entry

ODETTE

Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe (org., Europe)

ODF

Opendoc Development Framework (Apple, OpenDoc)

ODF

Opendoc Part Framework (OpenDoc)

ODI

Open Data link Interface (Novell)

ODI

Open Device Interconnect

ODIA

Object ??? (Apple, ALOE)

ODIF

Office Document Interchange Format (ISO 8613, ASN.1, ODA)

ODIN

Optimale Datenmodelle und algorithmen fuer Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften [auf hochleistungsrechnern] (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany, SNI)

ODINSUP

Open Data link Interface - Network driver interface specification SUPport (ODI, NDIS)

ODISS

Optical Digital Image Storage System

ODK

Office Develoment Kit

ODL

Object Description Language

ODL

Open Document Language (ODA, SGML)

ODLI

Open Data Link Interface

ODM

Object Database Manager (AIX, IBM)

ODM

Original Design Manufacturer

ODMA

Open Document Management API (API)

ODMG

Object Database Management Group (org., DB)

ODP

Open Directory Project (WWW, Netscape)

ODP

Open Distributed Processing (ISO)

ODP

OverDrive Processor (Intel)

ODPR

OverDrive Processor Replacement (Intel)

ODR

Ontrack Data Recovery (Ontrack, Software, Netware)

ODR

Optimized Dynamic Routing (SNI)

ODS

Offenes Deutsches Schulnetz (network)

ODS

Office Dialog System (OA)

ODS

Open Data Services

ODS

Optical Data Systems [inc.] (manufacturer)

ODS

Output Delivery Database

ODS

Overhead Data Stream

ODSI

Open Directory Service Interfaces (MS, Windows NT)

ODSPE

Optical-based Digital Signal Processing Engine (DSP)

ODT

Online Debugging Technique

ODT

Open DeskTop (SCO, GUI)

OE

Outlook Express (MS, Internet)

OEB

Open eBook [standard] (MS, NuvoMedia, ...)

OECOS

Organizational Engineering for Communications and Organizational Systems (SNI, OA)

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEP

Operand Execution Pipelines (Motorola, CPU)

OES

Olivetti EntsorgungsService (Olivetti)

OF

Overflow Flag (assembler)

OFA

Optimal Flexible Architecture (Oracle)

OFC

Open Financial Connectivity (MS, banking)

OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)

OFFIS

Oldenburg Forschungsinstitut Fuer Informatikwerkzeuge und -Systeme (org., Uni Oldenburg)

OFS

Object File System

OFS

Output Field Separator (AWK)

OFTA

OFfice of the Telecommunications Authority (org., Hongkong)

OFTP

ODETTE File Transfer Protocol (ODETTE)

OFX

Open Financial eXchange (banking, Intuit, MS, Checkfree, USA)

OGRAN

OpenGate - Router Access Node ??? (RND), "OG-RAN"

OH

Off-Hook (MODEM)

OHCI

? Host Controller Interface (USB, Compaq, OPTI, Apple, UHCI)

OIA

Operator Information Area (IBM)

OIC

Oh, I See (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

OID

Object IDentifier (OSI)

OIDL

Object Interface Definition Language

OIDP

Oracle Internet Development Pack (Oracle, Internet)

OIF

Outgoing InterFace (PIM, IIF, Multicast)

OII

Operations-Intelligence Interface (mil.)

OIIC

Optically Interconnected Integrated Circuits [project] (ESPRIT)

OIL

Operator Identification Language (ELI)

OIM

Open Information Model

OIP

Open Internet Platform (Caldera, Linux, SCO)

OIW

Open Information Warehouse (SAP, R/3)

OIW

OSI Implementors Workshop (OSI)

OLAP

OnLine Analytical Processing (DB)

OLE

Object Linking and Embedding

OLED

Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)

OLEDB

??? (DB)

OLEDS

Object Linking and Embedding Directory Services (ODSI, MS), "OLE DS"

OLEO

Open Linking and Embedding of Objects (OLE, OpenDoc)

OLEP

Organic Light-Emitting Polymer [display]

OLI

Originating Line Information

OLIS

Oxford Library Information System

OLIT

OpenLook Interface Toolkit (OpenLook)

OLIVR

OnLine Interactive Virtual Reality, "OLiVR"

OLLI

OnLine Library Information

OLM

OnLine Monitor

OLMC

Output Logic Macro Cell (GAL)

OLPS

OnLine Programming System

OLRT

OnLine Real-Time

OLS

Online Library System

OLTEP

OnLine Test Executive Program

OLTM

Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer, "O-LTM"

OLTP

OnLine Transaction Processing

OLWM

OpenLook Window Manager (OpenLook)

OM1

Open MPEG consortium 1 (org., MPEG), "OM-1"

OMA

Object Management Architecture (OMG)

OMAP

Open Multimedia Application Platform (TI)

OMC

Operation and Maintenance Center (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems)

OME

Open Messaging Environment (Novell)

OMF

Object Management Framework (DME)

OMF

Object Module Format (IBM, MS)

OMF

Open Media Framework (org.)

OMFI

Open Media Framework Interchange (OMF)

OMG

Object Management Group (IBM, HP, DEC, Tandem, Sun, org.)

OMI

Open Messaging Interface

OMISTN

Optical Mode Interface SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "OMI-STN"

OMN

Open Network Management

OMR

Optical Mark Reader (Fax)

OMR

Optical Mark Recognition

OMS

Object Management System

OMS

Open Music System (MIDI, Opcode Systems)

OMT

Object Management Technique (Westmount, CASE)

OMT

Object Modelling Technique (CASE)

ONA

Open Network Architecture

ONAC

Operations Network Administration Center

ONAL

Off Network Access Line

ONC

Open Network Computing (Sun)

ONCXDR

Open Network Computing eXternal Data Representation (Sun), "ONC XDR"

ONE

Open Network Environment (Netscape)

ONI

Operator Number Identification

ONIX

ONline Information eXchange [guidelines]

ONMS

Open-Network Management System

OO

Object Orientated

OOA

Object Orientated [system] Analysis (OOP)

OOAD

Object Orientated Analysis and Design (OOP)

OOCTG

Object Orientated COBOL Task Group (CODASYL, org., OOP)

OOD

Object-Oriented Design

OODB

Object Oriented Data Base (OOP, DB)

OODBMS

Object Orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

OODL

Object Orientated Dynamic Language (OOP)

OOF

Office of The Future (OA)

OOF

Out of Frame (DS3/E3)

OOL

Object-Oriented Language (OOP)

OOL

Open Objects Library (OS/2)

OOM

Object-Oriented Methodology (OOP)

OOM

Out Of Memory

OOP

Object Orientated Programming (OOP)

OOPL

Object-Oriented Programming Language (OOP)

OOPS

Object Oriented Program Support (OOP)

OOPS

Object-Oriented Programming System (OOP)

OOPSLA

[conference on] Object Orientated Programming Systems, Languages and Applications (ACM, OOP, conference)

OOPSTAD

Object Orientated Programming for SmallTalk Application Development association (org., OOP)

OOS

Object-Oriented Systems

OOS

Out-Of-Sequence

OOSA

Object Orientated System Analysis (OOP)

OOSH

Object-Oriented SHell (OOP, Shell)

OOT

Object-Oriented Technology (OOP)

OP

Original Poster (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

OPA

Open Publishing Architecture

OPAC

Online Public Access Catalogue (Internet)

OPC

OLE for Process Control (OLE)

OPC

OpenGL Performance Characterization [project group] (OpenGL, org.)

OPC

Optical Proximity Correction

OPC

Organic Photo Conductor

OPC

Overall Performance Category

OPCR

Original Program Clock Reference

OPDU

Operation Protocol Data Units

OPEN

Open Protocol Enhanced Networks

OPENGL

OPEN Graphics Language (OpenGL), "OpenGL"

OPENHCI

Open Host Controller Interface (USB), "OpenHCI"

OPI

Open Prepress Interface (DTP)

OPK

OEM Pre-installation Kit (MS, Windows, OEM)

OPL

Open Publication License (OCL)

OPL

Organizer Programming Language (Psion, PDA)

OPM

Operations-Per-Minute

OPS

Operations Per Second (CPU)

OPS

Oracle Parallel Server (Oracle)

OPSEC

Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (org., manufacturer, IDS)

OPT

Open Protocol Technology

OQL

Object Query Language (ODMG)

OR

Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R"

ORAIS

Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligent Systems (conference, GI)

ORB

Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB)

ORCA

Online Resource Control Aid

ORDBMS

Object Relational Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

ORK

Office Resource Kit (MS, Windows)

ORM

Object Role Modeling (OO, DB)

ORM

Optical Remote Module

OROM

Optical Read Only Memory (ROM), "O-ROM"

ORS

Output Record Separator (AWK)

ORT

Ongoing Reliability Test

OS

Operating System

OS2

Operating System /2 (IBM, OS), "OS/2"

OS200

Operating System 200 (Honeywell), "OS/200"

OS2000

Operating System 2000 (Honeywell), "OS/2000"

OS3

Oregon State Open Shop Opearating System (OS, CDC 3300), "OS-3"

OS32MT

Operating System /32 - Multitasking Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-MT"

OS32ST

Operating System /32 - Serial Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-ST"

OS360

Operating System /360 (IBM, OS), "OS/360"

OS4

Operating System /4 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/4"

OS400

Operating System /400 (IBM, OS), "OS/400"

OS7

Operating System /7 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/7"

OS700

Operating System /700 (OS, Honeywell), "OS/700"

OS8

Operating System /8 (OS, DEC, PDP 8), "OS/8"

OS9

Operating System - 9 (Microware, OS), "OS-9"

OSA

Object System Adaptor (SOM)

OSA

Office Systems Administrator (OA)

OSA

Open Scripting Architecture (Apple, OS/2)

OSAC

Operator Services Assistance Center

OSAK

Open Systems Application Kernel

OSAM

Overflow Sequential Access Method (SAM)

OSAR

Optical Storage and Retrieval

OSC

Ohio Supercomputer Center (org., USA)

OSCAR

OnScreen Configuration & Activity Reporting (Apex)

OSCRL

Operating System Command Response Language

OSD

OnScreen Display

OSD

Open Software Description [manifest / standard] (MS, Marimba, XML, DU, DUP, MSIE)

OSDL

Open Source Development Lab (org.)

OSDN

Open Source Development Network (OSS, Network)

OSDS

Operating System for Distributed Switching

OSE

Open Software / System Environment

OSEIA

Open System Environment profile for Imminent Acquisitions (OSE), "OSE/IA"

OSF

Open Software Foundation (HP, DEC, IBM, org.)

OSF

Operations System Function (IN)

OSF

Oppose Sun Forever [ aka Open Software Foundation] (slang, org.)

OSF1

Open Software Foundation [system] /1 (OSF, OS, DEC), "OSF/1"

OSG

Open Systems Group (org.)

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection (ISO 9646-1)

OSICS

OSI Communication Systems (OSI)

OSID

Origination Signaling IDentifier

OSINLCP

[PPP] OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSI, PPP, RFC 1377)

OSIRM

Open Systems Interconnection/Reference Model (ISO), "OSI/RM"

OSKA

ObjektSchluesselKAtalog (ATKIS)

OSL

Open Subscription License

OSM

Operating system Service Module (I2O)

OSM

Optical Storage Manager (ARMS)

OSME

Open Systems Message Exchange

OSMFT

Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (OS, IBM S/360), "OS/MFT"

OSMVS

Operating System / Multiple Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/MVT, successorr, OS/VS-2), "OS/MVS"

OSMVT

Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (OS, IBM, S/360, S/370), "OS/MVT"

OSN

Office System Node (IBM, DIA, OA)

OSN

Open Systems Network

OSO

OverScan Operation (VXA, Streamer)

OSP

Optical Storage Processor

OSP

OrganisationStrukturPlan

OSPCP

Operating System / Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/360, predecessor), "OS/PCP"

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First [protocol / routing] (Internet, IGP, RFC 1583)

OSPM

Operating System directed [configuration and] Power Management

OSQL

Object-Structured Query Language (DB, SQL, OODBMS)

OSR

Optical Scanning Recognition

OSRT

Operating System / Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "OS/RT"

OSS

Open Source Software (OSS)

OSS

Operator Service System

OSSVS

Operating System / Single Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/VS2), "OS/SVS"

OSTA

Optical Storage Technology Association (org.)

OSTC

Open System Test Consortium (org., OSTC)

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy (org., USA)

OSVS1

Operating System / Virtual System - 1 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-1"

OSVS2

(IBM, MVS), "OS/VS2"

OSVS2

Operating System / Virtual System - 2 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-2"

OSWL2

OS-9 Windows / Level 2, "OSW/L2"

OSWS

Operating System Work Station

OT

Object Technology

OT

Off Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

OT

Open Transport (Apple)

OTA

Office of Technology Assessment (org., IBM, HP, AEG, AT&T, SNI, ...)

OTDR

Optical Time DOMAIN Reflectometer (cable)

OTM

Object Transaction Monitor (COM, MTS)

OTOH

On The Other Hand (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

OTP

One Time Password

OTP

One Time Programmable [chip] (IC)

OTPPP

Open Transport/Point-to-Point Protocol (Apple, OT, PPP), "OT/PPP"

OTPROM

One Time Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)

OTS

Office TeleSystem (OA)

OU

Organizational Unit (MS, Windows NT, AD)

OUCL

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

OUG

Occam User Group (org., user group)

OUI

Organization Unique Identifier (IEEE)

OUI

Organizational Unit Identifier

OUM

Ovonic Unified Memory (ECD)

OUTWATS

OUTward Wide Area Telephone Service

OVID

Object, View, and Interaction Design

OVST

OrtsVermittlungsSTelle (Telekom)

OWA

Outlook Web Access (MS, WWW)

OWF

Object World Frankfurt (fair)

OWG

Optical WaveGuide (LWL)

OWL

Object Windows Library (Borland, API)

OWL

Open Windows Library (API)

OWORM

Optical Write Once Read Many, "O-WORM"