OSI 22300 219738698 2008-06-16T17:44:39Z Jim.henderson 2255048 Trim cartoon to proper size of disamb entry '''OSI''' is primarily used as an abbreviation and has many meanings: * [[OSI Pharmaceuticals]],an American pharmaceutical company * [[OSI Restaurant Partners]], the restaurant and entertainment group that includes [[Outback Steakhouse]] * [[OSIsoft]] is a software company based out of [[San Leandro, California]] * [[OSI Systems]] a company that manufactures security scanners and medical equipment based in [[California]] * [[Objective Systems Integrators]] a company providing [[Operational Support Systems]] * [[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 of Ireland]] (Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) In '''government''': * [[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 Special Investigations]], a name shared by several government agencies * Office of Scientific Integrity, now [[United States Office of Research Integrity]] * [[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 * [[United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] In '''technology''': * [[Open Systems Interconnection]], a joint ISO and [[ITU-T]] standard for computer networks and communication protocols ** [[OSI model]], a layered description for communications and computer network protocol design * [[Open Source Initiative]], an organization dedicated to promoting open source software * [[Ohio Scientific]] Inc., a microcomputer manufacturer from the late 1970s to the early 1980s * [[Open Solutions, Inc.]], a software company selling mainly to financial institutions * Open Switching Interval, a type of [[disconnect supervision]] * [[On-Site Inspection]] is an advanced measure technique combining several methods - especially used in order to detect nuclear tests. In '''entertainment''': * [[OSI (band)]], an American progressive rock supergroup named after the former Office of Strategic Influence government agency * [[Origin Systems]], a former United States computer game developer * [[Office of Strategic Influence (album)|''Office of Strategic Influence'' (album)]], the 2003 debut album by the forementioned band OSI In '''fiction''': * "OSI", a fictional United States government agency in ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]] and Bionic Woman'' television programs * "Office of Secret Intelligence", a fictional United States government secret agency in the animated series ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' '''People''': * [[Osi Umenyiora]], [[defensive end]] for the [[New York Giants]]. {{disambig}} [[cs:OSI (rozcestník)]] [[da:OSI]] [[de:OSI]] [[es:OSI (desambiguación)]] [[eo:OSI]] [[fr:OSI]] [[it:OSI]] [[nl:OSI]] [[ja:OSI]] [[no:OSI]] [[pl:OSI]] [[pt:OSI (desambiguação)]] [[ru:OSI]] [[sv:OSI]] [[vi:OSI]] [[zh:OSI]]