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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oss"

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  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Noun
    • 1.2 Proper noun
    • 1.3 Further reading
    • 1.4 Anagrams

English

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Noun

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OSS (countable and uncountable, plural OSSes or OSS's or OSSs)

  1. (computing) Initialism of open-source software.
    Coordinate terms: FLOSS, FOSS, COSS
  2. (education) Initialism of out-of-school suspension.
  3. (telecommunications) Initialism of operations/operational support system.
  4. (film) Initialism of over-the-shoulder shot.

Proper noun

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OSS

  1. (historical) Initialism of Office of Strategic Services (a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II).

Further reading

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  •   OSS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  •   Office of Strategic Services on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  •   Operations support system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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  • S.O.S., SOS, SOs, SSO, so's, sos
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