what is OSI?

Answer 1

There is alot of different organizations out there but I think the most common is Open System Interconnect. There is also...Open Society Institute...Office of Strategic Influence.

Answer 2

OSI could mean several things, but I will assume this is the definition you are looking for:

The Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI Model or OSI Reference Model for short) is a layered abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design, developed as part of the Open Systems Interconnection initiative. It is also called the OSI seven layer model.

Answer 3

The Air Force has a sector which is called OSI and it stands for: Office Of Special Investigations.

Sometimes abbreviated letters can stand for many things, so I'm not 100% certain that this is what OSI stand for in your case.

Good luck!!

Answer 4

Hey!

I believe your referring to the OSI Model (Open Systems Interconnection Model). The seven-layer OSI Reference model was developed by the ISO subcommittee. The OSI model serves as a framework of protocols for computer-to-computer communications. Its purpose is to facilitate the interconnection of networks.

Cheers!
Andrew

Answer 5

The Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model describes how information from a software application in one computer moves through a network medium to a software application in another computer. The OSI reference model is a conceptual model composed of seven layers, each specifying particular network functions.

Answer 6

OSI is the Office of Secret Intelligence. Oscar Goldman and Steve Austin belong to it.

Answer 7

OSI is primarily used as an abbreviation and has many meanings:

OSI Pharmaceuticals, an American pharmaceutical company

OSI, an American progressive rock supergroup

Office of Scientific Intelligence, former name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency now called the Directorate of Science and Technology

Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived former American government agency created in 2001, part of the Department of Defense and focused on psychological warfare
Office of Strategic Influence, the 2003 debut album by the forementioned band OSI
Olomouc Summer Institute, an educational program for high-school students
Ontario Swine Improvement, a pig breeding company based in Ontario, Canada
Open Society Institute, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world
Ordnance Survey Ireland (Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann)
U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations, an American government agency that detects and investigates individuals in the United States who took part in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution abroad before and during World War II
U.S. GAO Office of Special Investigations, a specialized unit within the American Government Accounting Office created to meet Congress' need for quick responses to issues of serious wrongdoing involving federal matters
OSI Systems Inc a company that manufactures security scanners and medical equipment based in California.
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Technology
Open Systems Interconnection, a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols
OSI model, a layered abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design
Open Source Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software
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Entertainment
Origin Systems, a computer game developer
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See also
Office of Special Investigations

Answer 8

OSI is an accronym for a special investigation unit in the military branches, like the FBI for the air force if you will. they are the people who invesigate spousal abuse, awol soldiers and things of the most delicate matters.

Answer 9

well im guessing your talking about... Open Systems Interconnection..on the count of it is in te "networking" catagory.

The Open Systems Interconnection (usually abbreviated to OSI) was an effort to standardize networking that was started in 1982 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), along with the ITU-T.

Prior to OSI, networking was completely vendor-developed and proprietary, with protocol standards such as SNA, appletalk, netware and DECnet. OSI was an industry effort, attempting to get everyone to agree to common network standards to provide multi-vendor interoperability. It was common for large networks to support multiple network protocol suites, with many devices unable to talk to other devices because of a lack of common protocols between them.

The OSI reference model (which actually predates the OSI protocol work, dating to 1977) was the most important advance in the teaching of network concepts. It promoted the idea of a common model of protocol layers, defining interoperability between network devices and software.

However, the actual OSI protocol stack that was specified as part of the project was considered by many to be too complicated and to a large extent unimplementable. Taking the "forklift upgrade" approach to networking, it specified eliminating all existing protocols and replacing them with new ones at all layers of the stack. This made implementation difficult, and was resisted by many vendors and users with significant investments in other network technologies. In addition, the OSI protocols were specified by committees filled with differing and sometimes conflicting feature requests, leading to numerous optional features. Because so much was optional, many vendors' implementations simply could not interoperate, negating the whole effort. Even demands by the USA for OSI support on all government purchased hardware did not save the effort.

The OSI approach was eventually eclipsed by the Internet's TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP/IP's pragmatic approach to computer networking and two independent implementations of simplified protocols made it a practical standard. For example, the definition for OSI's X.400 e-mail standards took up several large books, while the Internet e-mail (SMTP) definition took only a few dozen pages in RFC-821. It should be noted, however, that over time there have been numerous RFCs which extended the original SMTP definition, so that its complete documentation finally took up several large books as well.

Many of the protocols and specifications in the OSI stack are long-gone or have been superseded, such as token-bus media, CLNP packet delivery, FTAM file transfer, and X.400 e-mail. Some still survive, often in significantly simplified forms. The X.500 directory structure still remains with significant usage, mainly because the original unwieldy protocol has been stripped away and effectively replaced with LDAP. IS-IS also continues as a network routing protocol used by larger telecommunications companies, having been adapted for use with the Internet Protocol. Many legacy SONET systems still use TARP (TID Address Resolution Protocol - utilizes CLNP and IS-IS) to translate Target Identifier of a SONET node. Often protocols and specifications in the OSI stack remain in use in legacy systems, unless or until such legacy systems are eventually upgraded, replaced or decomissioned.

The collapse of the OSI project in 1996 severely damaged the reputation and legitimacy of the organizations involved, especially ISO. The worst part was that OSI's backers took too long to recognize and accommodate the dominance of the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Answer 10

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