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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oss  \Oss\,  v.  i.  [See  {Osse},  n.] 
  To  prophesy;  to  presage.  [R.  &  Obs.]  --R.  Edgeworth. 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  OSS  Written-only  acronym  for  "Open  Source  Software"  (see  {open 
  source}.  This  is  a  rather  ugly  {TLA},  and  the  principals  in  the 
  open-source  movement  don't  use  it  but  it  has  (perhaps  inevitably) 
  spread  through  the  trade  press  like  kudzu. 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  OSS 
  Operator  Service  System 
 
 




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