Open Authentication Standard (OAuth)
A protocol that allows an end user's account information to be used by third-party services, such as Facebook, without exposing the user's password.
You will find this term commonly used in Cybersecurity, Web Development
Open Authorization (OAuth)
An open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.
You will find this term commonly used in Security, Web Development
Open Compute Project (OCP)
An initiative launched by Facebook to share more efficient server and data center designs with the general IT community.
You will find this term commonly used in Data Center Management, Hardware
Open Data
Data that can be freely accessed, used, modified, and shared by anyone.
You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Data Analysis, General IT
Open Data Initiative
Efforts to promote the availability and use of open data across organizations and sectors, typically driven by government or industry initiatives.
You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Government, General IT
Open Data Platform
A technology platform that enables the storage, management, and analysis of open data from various sources.
You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Data Analysis, General IT
Open Data Source
A repository of data that is freely available for anyone to use, often maintained and curated by a community or organization.
You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Data Analysis, General IT
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
A standard API for accessing database management systems (DBMS). It allows for a standardized way of interfacing with databases to perform SQL operations.
You will find this term commonly used in Database Management, Application Development
Open Directory Project
A multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links that was maintained by a community of volunteer editors but is no longer active.
You will find this term commonly used in Web Development, Online Community
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.
You will find this term commonly used in Education, Digital Resources
Open Firmware
Firmware that is open source and can be modified by anyone, often used in embedded systems, network devices, and computers to control hardware operations.
You will find this term commonly used in Hardware, Open Source
Open Firmware (OF)
Firmware that is open source and can be modified by anyone. It is often used in computing and electronic devices to control hardware operations.
You will find this term commonly used in Hardware, Firmware
Open Graph
A technology first introduced by Facebook that allows integration between Facebook and its user data and a third-party website. By adding specific HTML tags to your web page, you can turn your web pages into rich objects in a social graph.
You will find this term commonly used in Web Development, Social Media
Open Graph Protocol
A protocol that allows developers to integrate their pages into the social graph. Web pages can become rich objects in a social graph.
You will find this term commonly used in Web Development, Online Marketing
Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
A framework for enterprise architecture that provides a comprehensive approach to design, planning, implementation, and governance of an enterprise information architecture.
You will find this term commonly used in Enterprise IT, Architecture
Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
A consortium of technology and mobile companies that was formed to develop open standards for mobile devices. One of the most well-known products to come from the OHA is the Android operating system.
You will find this term commonly used in Mobile Development, Standards
Open Innovation
A collaborative approach to innovation that involves sharing ideas, resources, and knowledge with external partners or the broader community.
You will find this term commonly used in Research and Development, Collaboration, General IT
Open Innovation Platform
An ecosystem or framework that facilitates collaboration, idea generation, and knowledge sharing among participants to drive innovation.
You will find this term commonly used in Research and Development, Collaboration, General IT
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
An industry forum for developing market-driven specifications for interoperable mobile service enablers that facilitate global user adoptions of mobile multimedia services.
You will find this term commonly used in Mobile Technology, Standards
Open Network Operating System (ONOS)
A software defined networking (SDN) OS for service providers that has scalability, high availability, high performance and abstraction to support a diverse set of network devices.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Cloud Computing
Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
A non-profit organization dedicated to the transformation of network infrastructure and carrier business models using network disaggregation, white box economics, and open source software.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Standards
Open Policy Agent (OPA)
An open source, general-purpose policy engine that enables unified, context-aware policy enforcement across the entire stack.
You will find this term commonly used in Security, Cloud Computing
Open Service Gateway initiative (OSGi)
A set of specifications that define a dynamic component system for Java, aiming to create a modular architecture for Java applications and services.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Java
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
A routing protocol for Internet Protocol (IP) networks that uses a link state routing algorithm and falls into the group of interior gateway protocols.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking
Open Source
Software that is freely available and can be modified and redistributed by anyone, typically developed collaboratively by a community of users.
You will find this term commonly used in General IT
Open Source Cloud Platform
Platforms like OpenStack that provide an open-source framework for cloud services, enabling businesses and individuals to set up and manage cloud computing environments.
You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, Open Source
Open Source Contribution
Participating in the development of open-source software by contributing code, documentation, bug fixes, or features.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Community
Open Source Development Tools
Tools and software that are freely available to use, modify, and distribute, which are used in the development of software applications and systems.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Open Source
Open Source Initiative (OSI)
A non-profit organization that advocates for open-source software and aims to promote and protect open-source software by certifying licenses that adhere to their definition of open source.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Legal
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
The collection and analysis of information that is gathered from public, or open, sources.
You will find this term commonly used in Cybersecurity, Intelligence
Open Source License
A type of license for computer software and other products that allows the source code, blueprint, or design to be used, modified, and/or shared under defined terms and conditions.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development
Open Source Licensing
The legal framework used to dictate how software can be freely used, modified, and shared, under defined terms and conditions by its users.
You will find this term commonly used in Legal, Software Development
Open Source Model
The decentralized development model that encourages open collaboration, as seen in open-source software projects where the source code is made freely available for anyone to study, modify, and distribute.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Community
Open Source Software
Open-source software is computer software with its source code made available and licensed under terms that allow users to study, modify, and distribute the software freely, promoting collaboration and community-driven development.
You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Software Development, Collaboration
Open Standards
Standards that are publicly available and can be used by anyone. They are designed to ensure interoperability, data exchange, and compatibility among products and services.
You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Web Development
Open System
A system that uses open, public interfaces and standards, making it interoperable with other open systems over a network.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Systems Design
Open Systems
Systems that are interoperable with other systems and can be extended or customized using standard interfaces and protocols.
You will find this term commonly used in Systems Integration, Interoperability, General IT
Open Systems Interconnection Model
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a conceptual framework that standardizes the functions of a telecommunication or computing system into seven abstraction layers, facilitating interoperability between different systems and devices.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Standards
Open Virtual Appliance (OVA)
A package that contains all of the information and files necessary to create a virtual machine, including the virtual disk and configuration settings.
You will find this term commonly used in Virtualization, Cloud Computing
Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
An open standard for packaging and distributing software applications for virtual machines.
You will find this term commonly used in Virtualization, Cloud Computing
Open vSwitch
An open-source multilayer virtual switch designed to enable network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols.
You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Virtualization
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
An online community that produces freely available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the field of web application security.
You will find this term commonly used in Security, Web Development
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten
A regularly-updated report outlining the most critical security concerns for web application security, serving as a guideline for developers and security professionals.
You will find this term commonly used in Cybersecurity, Web Development
Open Web Interface for .NET (OWIN)
A specification that defines an abstraction between .NET web servers and web applications. It aims to decouple server and application, encourage the development of simple modules for .NET web development.
You will find this term commonly used in Web Development, .NET
Open-Source Hardware
Physical hardware designs that are made publicly available for anyone to study, modify, and distribute.
You will find this term commonly used in Hardware Design, DIY Projects, General IT
Open-Source Software Development
The collaborative development of software where the source code is made freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Collaboration, General IT
Open/Close Principle
A principle in object-oriented programming that states software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification.
You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, Principles
Open/Save Dialog Box
A common graphical user interface element in many operating systems and applications that allows users to choose files to be opened or specify the destination of a file to be saved.
You will find this term commonly used in User Interface Design, Application Development
OpenAI
An AI research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The organization is focused on advancing digital intelligence in a way that can benefit humanity as a whole.
You will find this term commonly used in AI, Research
OpenBSD
A free and open-source, security-focused, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
You will find this term commonly used in Operating Systems, Security
