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An IT facility that employs a clearly defined and standardized set of hardware and software products designed to make the data center interoperable with other IT facilities.
A software interface that allows different Data-Link Layer protocols to share the same driver or adapter in a computer. ODI was introduced by Novell. For example, using ODI, both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX can share the same device adapter.
An open standard API for accessing a database that allows users to access files in a number of different databases, including Access, dBase, DB2, Excel, and Text.
A unique identifier derived from a mobile device's Wi-fi Media Access Control (MAC) address. Identifiers, which are hashed to protect user privacy, are managed by the ODIN Working Group, a consortium of industry developers and service providers.
Open Document Format (ODF)
An XML-based open source file format for saving and exchanging text, spreadsheets, charts, and presentations. Files saved under ODF, termed "OpenDocuments," have easily recognizable extensions, similar to Microsoft's proprietary .doc or .xls.
Open Document Management API (ODMA)
An industry standard interface for managing documents that allows users to store, retrieve, and share them with security and version control.
Open FAIR Foundation
Open FAIR Foundation by The Open Group
Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)
A set of standards defining the way in which information is shared among diverse components of large, heterogeneous grid systems. In this context, a grid system is a scalable wide area network (WAN) that supports resource sharing and distribution.
Open Network Management System (OpenNMS)
The first enterprise-grade network management platform developed under the open source model. It was designed to manage tens of thousands of devices from a single server as well as manage unlimited devices using a cluster of servers.
OpenOffice was an open-source office suite, started by Star Office and acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. The project was closed after Sun Microsystems acquisition by Oracle in the year 2011.
Open relay (Insecure relay or a third-party relay)
An SMTP e-mail server that allows third-party relay of e-mail messages. By processing mail that is neither for nor from a local user, an open relay makes it possible for an unscrupulous sender to route large volumes of spam.
A router protocol used within larger autonomous system networks in preference to the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). OSPF is designated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as one of several Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs).
A pioneer industry-sponsored organization whose purpose was to foster, identify, and, in some cases, develop software technologies that could serve as industry and perhaps eventually national and international standards.
Open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and made freely available.