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'''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]].
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