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  • initialism computing Open Systems Interconnection
  • initialism aviation, travel industry Other Supplementary Information. A message sent to an airline by an agent, in a standardised format, advising relevant information such as being a VIP, language difficulty, or passport information.

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Examples

  • Moreover, OSI is also hosting a tweetup in Chennai, on March 12, 2009, and what more, there is also free beer, on the house!

    A draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties Venky 2009

  • However, I wouldn't term OSI/Outback a "rinky-dink restaurant chain".

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • However, I wouldn't term OSI/Outback a "rinky-dink restaurant chain".

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • A pharmaceutical company called OSI yesterday had a positive -- that's a spike.

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2004 2004

  • By definition, the OSI was a secretive, close-knit organization.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • By definition, the OSI was a secretive, close-knit organization.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • By definition, the OSI was a secretive, close-knit organization.

    A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003

  • And there was mounting concern that the National Bureau of Standards would decide to support an emergent rival standard for network interconnection called the OSI Reference Model.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • Several years earlier, the International Organization for Standardization, ISO, had begun to develop its own internetworking “reference” model, called OSI, or open-systems interconnection.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • And there was mounting concern that the National Bureau of Standards would decide to support an emergent rival standard for network interconnection called the OSI Reference Model.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

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