what dose OSI stand for????????

Answer 1

In 1977, the International Organization for Standardization
recognized the special and urgent need for standards
for heterogeneous informatic networks and decided to create
a new subcommittee for “Open Systems Interconnection.”

The basic objective of SC16 is to standardize the rules of
interaction between interconnected systems. Thus, only the
external behavior of Open Systems must conform to OSI
Architecture, while the internal organization and functioning
of each individual Open System is out of the sc0p.e of OSI
standards since these are not visible from other systems with
which it is interconnected

Answer 2

Depends upon context. In networking, it stands for Open System Interconnect, as in the ISO/OSI model (http://www.ussg.iu.edu/usail/network/nfs/network_layers.html). In programming, it can refer to the Open Source Initiative (http://www.opensource.org/).

Answer 3

OSI means Open Systems Interconnection

For more information go to...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Systems_Interconnection

Answer 4

Standard statistical answer: It depends. In this case on the context in which you read it.

It could be:
Open Source Initiative
Open Systems Interconnection
Office of Strategic Influence
Open Society Institute

These are just a few.....

Answer 5

Operating System Integration.

Answer 6

Open Systems Interconnect, if you're talking about computer networks.