OSI may refer to:
Places
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Osijek Airport
Osijek Airport ( hr, Zračna luka Osijek; ) is the international airport of Osijek, Croatia. It is located 20 km east southeast of Osijek and is situated near the Osijek – Vukovar regional road, southwest of the eponymous village of Klisa ...
(IATA code: OSI), an airport in Croatia
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Ősi, a village in Veszprém county, Hungary
* Oši, an archaeological site in
Semigallia
Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...
, Latvia
* Osi, a village in
Ido-Osi
Ido-Osi is a town located in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
The local government is full of rural towns and villages and is one of the local government districts of Ekiti State. It is very close to other local districts, including Moba, Ijero, Ilejemeje ...
, Ekiti State, Nigeria
* Osi, Ekiti LGA.Kwara State, Nigeria
Organizations
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Oblates of St. Joseph
, abbreviation = OSJ
, founded =
, founder = Bishop Joseph Marello
, founding_location = Asti, Italy
, headquarters = Rome, Italy
, type = Clerical Religious Congregation
, num_member ...
, a Roman Catholic Religious order that uses the postnominal initials O.S.I.
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Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the steward of the Open Source Definition, the set of rules that define open source software. It is a California public-benefit nonprofit corporation,_with_501(c)(3).html" ;"title="110. - 6910./ref> is a type o ...
, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software
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Open Society Institute
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a grantmaking network founded and chaired by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with a sta ...
, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world
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Open Society Institute-Baltimore
Open Society Institute-Baltimore is the only US field office of Open Society Foundations. It was founded in 1998. ThstaffanAdvisory Boardare based in Baltimore and all of its activities are focused locally.
OSI-Baltimore has three program areas: ...
, a locally based foundation that is part of Open Society Foundations
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Open Space Institute
Open Space Institute (OSI) (not to be confused with the facilitator network of open conversation space) is a conservation organization that seeks to preserve scenic, natural and historic landscapes for public enjoyment, conserve habitats while s ...
, an organization that seeks to preserve scenic, natural and historic landscapes
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Ordnance Survey Ireland
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI; ga, Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) is the national mapping agency of Ireland. It was established on 4 March 2002 as a body corporate. It is the successor to the former Ordnance Survey of Ireland. It and the ...
(''Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann'')
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Otto-Suhr-Institut
The Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (''Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science'', also ''OSI'') is a prestigious research institute of the Free University of Berlin. It is the leading political science institution in Germany and one ...
, the political-science institute of the Free University of Berlin
Companies
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OSI Group
OSI Group is an American privately owned holding company of meat processors that service the retail and food service industries with international headquarters in Aurora, Illinois. It operates over 65 facilities in 17 countries. Sheldon Lavin was ...
, an American holding company of meat processors that service the retail and food service industries
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OSI Pharmaceuticals
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was an American pharmaceutical company formerly based on Long Island, New York with facilities in Colorado, New Jersey and the United Kingdom. On Sunday, May 16, 2010 OSI agreed to be acquired by Japan-based, TSE-listed ...
, an American pharmaceutical company
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OSI Restaurant Partners
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. is a restaurant holding company that owns several American casual dining restaurant chains. The company was established in 1988 in Tampa, Florida, where it is headquartered.
History
The company was founded in August 1988 as ...
, the restaurant and entertainment group that includes Outback Steakhouse
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OSI Systems
OSI Systems, Inc. is an American 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 dev ...
, a company that manufactures security scanners and medical equipment based in California
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OSIsoft
OSIsoft, LLC is a manufacturer of application software for real-time data management, called the PI System. Founded in 1980, OSIsoft was privately held and headquartered in San Leandro, California. In August 2020, it was announced that the ...
, a privately held company that develops device connectivity software
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Objective Systems Integrators
Objective Systems Integrators (OSI) is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software products which automate the monitoring, control, delivery, and management of services for multinati ...
, a company that provides monitoring software for communication networks
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Open Systems International
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) is an automation software company headquartered in Medina, Minnesota, with international offices in Canada, Colombia, Spain, India, Dubai, Australia, Singapore, and China. Founded in 1992, OSI is privately he ...
, an automation software vendor for the electric, petroleum, transportation and water industries
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Officine Stampaggi Industriali OSI, acronym for ''Officine Stampaggi Industriali'' (literally "Industrial Stampings Workshops") was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former Ghia president Luigi Segre (1919–63) and Arrigo Olivetti (1889–1977) from the Fergat ...
, a defunct Italian coachbuilder
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Ohio Scientific
Ohio Scientific Inc. (also known as Ohio Scientific Instruments) was an Ohio-based computer company that built and marketed microcomputers from 1975 to 1981. Their best-known products were the Challenger series of microcomputers and Superboard si ...
Inc. (also known as Ohio Scientific Instruments), a US microcomputer manufacturer 1975-1981
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Officine Stampaggi Industriali OSI, acronym for ''Officine Stampaggi Industriali'' (literally "Industrial Stampings Workshops") was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former Ghia president Luigi Segre (1919–63) and Arrigo Olivetti (1889–1977) from the Fergat ...
'', Italian coachbuilder
Government
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Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) also known as Scientific Intelligence Division was a department of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1963, it was incorporated into the Directorate of Science & Technology.http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAE ...
, former name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency now called the Directorate of Science and Technology
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Office of Strategic Influence
The 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, which did not include the U ...
, a former American government agency, part of the Department of Defense and focused on psychological warfare
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Office of Special Investigations (disambiguation) Office of Special Investigations may refer to:
* U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
* Office of Special Investigations (Government Accountability Office)
* Office of Special Investigations (United States Department of Justice)
See als ...
, a name shared by several government agencies
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U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
The Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that reports directly to the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI is also a U.S. Air Force field operating agency under the administrative ...
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* Office of Scientific Integrity, now
United States Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is a U.S. government agency that focuses on research integrity, especially in health. It was created when the Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of ...
* Office of Special Investigation, a secret intelligence unit of
Republic of Korea Air Force
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF; ko, 대한민국 공군; RR: ''Daehanminguk Gong-gun''), also known as the ROK Air Force or South Korean Air Force, is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the Ministry of N ...
Technology
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Open Systems Interconnection
The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that 'provides a common basis for the coordination of SOstandards development for the purpose of systems interconnection'. In the OSI reference model, the communicatio ...
, (ISO 7498) a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols
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OSI model
The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that 'provides a common basis for the coordination of SOstandards development for the purpose of systems interconnection'. In the OSI reference model, the communications ...
, a layered description for communications and computer network protocol design
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OSI protocols
The Open Systems Interconnection protocols are a family of information exchange standards developed jointly by the ISO and the ITU-T. The standardization process began in 1977.
While the seven-layer OSI model is often used as a reference for teac ...
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Open switching interval
In telecommunication, supervision is the monitoring of a telecommunication circuit for telephony to convey to an operator, user, or a switching system, information about the operational state of the circuit. The typical operational states of trunks ...
, a type of disconnect supervision in telecommunication
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On-Site Inspection
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) is an international organization that will be established upon the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, a Convention that outlaws nuclear test explosions. It ...
, an advanced measure technique combining several methods, especially used in order to detect nuclear tests
Arts and entertainment
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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. The collaboration may be considered a stu ...
, an American progressive rock supergroup named after the former Office of Strategic Influence government agency
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''Office of Strategic Influence'' (album), the 2003 debut album by the band OSI
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Origin Systems
Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert Garriott, Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres ...
, a former United States computer game developer
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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI; literal translation, Orchestra of Italian Switzerland) is a Swiss orchestra based in Lugano. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the ''Auditorio RSI''. The OSI also gives a concert series at the ...
, an orchestra in southern Switzerland in the city of Lugano which is in the canton of Ticino
Fiction
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Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) also known as Scientific Intelligence Division was a department of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1963, it was incorporated into the Directorate of Science & Technology.http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAE ...
a fictional United States government agency in several television programs and movies;
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Office of Secret Intelligence
This is a list of main and recurring fictional characters from ''The Venture Bros.'', a comic science fiction television series broadcast on Adult Swim.
Overview
Team Venture
Team Venture comprises the central characters in the show; they for ...
, a fictional United States government secret agency in the animated series ''The Venture Bros.''
People
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Osi (ancient tribe), an ancient tribe in Europe
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Alans
The Alans (Latin: ''Alani'') were an ancient and medieval Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the North Caucasus – generally regarded as part of the Sarmatians, and possibly related to the Massagetae. Modern historians have connected the Al ...
(ancient term Osi), an ancient tribe in the Caucasus
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Osi Umenyiora
Ositadimma "Osi" Umenyiora (born November 16, 1981) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for Troy University and was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Umenyiora was a ...
(born 1981), former American football player
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Osi Rhys Osmond
Osi Rhys Osmond (born Donald Malcolm Osmond; 28 June 1942 – 6 March 2015) was a Welsh painter and an occasional television and radio presenter.
Biography
Osmond was born in Bristol to Welsh parents from Wattsville, Sirhowy, Caerphilly, where ...
(1942–2015), Welsh painter
Other uses
* Official sector involvement, in sovereign debt restructuring deals, as opposed to
private sector involvement
In the context of sovereign debt crisis, private sector involvement (PSI) refers, broadly speaking, to the contributions or efforts of private sector creditors to the crisis resolution process, and, specifically, means that the private sector sh ...
* Options Symbology Initiative, a plan to change the way that exchange-traded options are named in
option symbol An option symbol is a code by which options are identified on an options exchange or a futures exchange.
History
Before 2010, the ticker (trading) symbols for US options typically looked like this: ''IBMAF''.
This consisted of a ''root symbol'' (' ...
* Out-of-Station Interchange, a pedestrian change between two
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and He ...
stations that allows continuity as part of one chargeable journey
See also
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Osis (disambiguation)
OSIS or ''variant'' may refer to:
;OSIS
* Open Source Information System
* Open Scripture Information Standard
* ''Organisasi Siswa Intra Sekolah'', Indonesian for Intra-school students organization
;-osis
The suffix '' -osis'' is used for formin ...
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