OSI
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OSI is primarily used as an abbreviation and has many meanings:
- OSI (band), an American progressive metal band
- OSI Pharmaceuticals, an American pharmaceutical company
- 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 Strategic Influence (album), the 2003 debut album by the band OSI
- Olomouc Summer Institute, an educational program for high-school students
- Ontario Swine Improvement, a pig breeding company based in Ontario, Canada
- Open Systems Interconnection, a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols
- Open Source Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software
- Open Society Institute, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world
- Ordnance Survey Ireland (Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann)
- Origin Systems, a computer game developer
- OSI model, a layered abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design
- 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
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