Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware.

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

(1942–45) U.S. agency formed for the purpose of obtaining information about and sabotaging the military efforts of enemy nations during World War II. It was headed by William J. (“Wild Bill”) Donovan (1883–1959). With some 12,000 staff, the OSS collected and analyzed information on areas of the world in which U.S. military forces were operating. It used agents inside Nazi-occupied Europe, including Berlin; carried out counterpropaganda and disinformation activities; produced analytical reports for policy makers; and staged special operations (e.g., sabotage and demolition) behind enemy lines to support guerrillas and resistance fighters. Many of its functions were later assumed by the Central Intelligence Agency.

OSS

(1) (Open Source Software) Software that can be modified and recompiled by the user. See open source.

(2) (Operations Support Systems) An umbrella term for software that supports the telecommunications industry, but is not involved with the routine network operations of transmitting and switching data. OSS includes inventory management, CRM, middleware, performance monitoring, test & measurement and provisioning. B/OSS includes the billing. For more information, visit www.nextgenerationservices.com.

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No references found	OSS could offer a partial solution to the growing Digital Divide that is opening between the continent and the rest of the world. OSS could be the answer for Africa: the Open Source (OSS) software ... by Wright, Bianca / African Business Open source software (OSS) is becoming increasingly popular in several aspects of software engineering activities, ranging from using OSS for development or execution environments to incorporating OSS directly into developed products. Open source software usage implications in the context of software ... by Polancic, Gregor; Hericko, Marjan; Horvat, Romana Vajde / Informatica McIntosh adeptly educates the reader on the history of the OSS while simultaneously telling of the women who pioneered the modern intelligence era. Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. (Professional Reader) by Coviello, Katherine R. / Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin	osmotic shock osmotolerance Osmunda Osnabruck Osnabrück Osnabruck Congress Osnabrück Congress Osnappar Osnova Osnovaniia, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov Osogovska Planina Osorezan Taisai Osorio, Oscar Osorno Osos wind Osowiec Osoyoos Lake State Park OSP OSPF Osphradium Osprey OSQL OSR2 Osroene Osroëne OSS Ossa ossarium ossature osseine osseous osseous system osseous tissue Osservatore Romano, L Osservatore Romano, L' Ossetia Ossetian Military Road Ossetian Plain Ossetic Ossetic Literature Ossets Ossian Ossianic ballads ossicle Ossietzky Ossietzky, Carl Von ossify ossifying fibroma Ossining ossipite OSSL	Osrodek Ksztalcenia Na Odleglosc Osrodek Psychoterapii Gestalt Osroene Osroëne Osrohene Osrp OSRPA OSRPL OSRPP OSRPR OSRR OSRS OSRSCF OSRSG OSRT OSRTC OSRTI OSRUI OSRV OSRVM OSRVT OSRW OSRX OSRYPAA OSS ÖSS Oss Alarm Dispatcher OSS FC OSS&E OSS- OSS- OSS-PODPS Unified System OSS-RC OSS/J OSS2 ossa ossa ossa ossa ossa Ossa Bene Cubent Ossa Bene Quiescant ossa cordis Ossa metacarpalia Ossa metacarpalia Ossa metacarpalia Ossa metatarsalia Ossa metatarsalia Ossa metatarsalia Ossa sesamoidea Ossa sesamoidea Ossa sesamoidea Ossa Tua Bene Quiescant Ossa, Mount Ossa-Morena Zone

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OSS could offer a partial solution to the growing Digital Divide that is opening between the continent and the rest of the world.

OSS could be the answer for Africa: the Open Source (OSS) software ... by Wright, Bianca / African Business

Open source software (OSS) is becoming increasingly popular in several aspects of software engineering activities, ranging from using OSS for development or execution environments to incorporating OSS directly into developed products.

Open source software usage implications in the context of software ... by Polancic, Gregor; Hericko, Marjan; Horvat, Romana Vajde / Informatica

McIntosh adeptly educates the reader on the history of the OSS while simultaneously telling of the women who pioneered the modern intelligence era.

Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. (Professional Reader) by Coviello, Katherine R. / Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin