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open architectureA system in which the specifications are made public in order to encourage third-party vendors to develop add-on products. Much of Apple's early success was due to the Apple II's open architecture, which is also called an "open system." The PC is the prime example of an open architecture. See open system. open architecture [′ō·pən ′ar·kə‚tek·chər] (computer science) A computer architecture whose specifications are made widely available to allow third parties to develop add-on peripherals for it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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WASHINGTON -- The Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), chair of the Open Architecture Enterprise Team (OAET), and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) released the Naval Open Architecture Continuous Learning Module (CLM) July 19. IBM's decision to license LSI Logic's DSP core further demonstrates growing industry acceptance of LSI Logic's ZSP technology and open architecture strategy, which has already resulted in several high-volume customer engagements," said Giuseppe Staffaroni, LSI Logic executive vice president of Broadband Communications. For the robotics industry, the interoperability permitted by open architecture controls is considered critical to reducing the price of integrating different robotics systems. |
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