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open shop: see closed shop and open shop closed shop and open shop. The term "closed shop" is used to signify an establishment employing only members of a labor union.
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open shop

A computing environment that allows users to program and run their own programs. Contrast with closed shop.

open shop [′ō·pən ¦shäp]

(computer science)

A data-processing-center organization in which individuals from outside the data-processing community are permitted to implement their own solutions to problems.

(industrial engineering)

A shop in which employment is not restricted to members of a labor union.

open shop

A construction project operating under a work system that does not require membership in a particular union as a condition of employment. Compare with closed shop.

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No references found			As Alpatych was driving out of the gate he saw some ten soldiers in Ferapontov's open shop, talking loudly and filling their bags and knapsacks with flour and sunflower seeds. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context On one of the opposite angles stood Squire Brown's stables and kennel, with their backs to the road, over which towered a great elm- tree; on the third stood the village carpenter and wheelwright's large open shop, and his house and the schoolmaster's, with long low eaves, under which the swallows built by scores. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context He trotted off to the open shop of a kunjri, a low-caste vegetable-seller, which lay opposite the belt-tramway line down the Motee Bazar. Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context			open plumbing open polygonal region open port Open Prolog open proxy server open reading frame open rectangular region open reel open region open relay Open Resonator open riser open roadstead open rock open roof open routine open sand Open Scripting Architecture open sea open sentence Open Set open shaft open sheathing open sheeting open shelving open shop Open Shortest-Path First Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol open sight open simplex open slating Open Software Foundation open solar energy system open source Open Source Definition open source hardware Open Source Initiative Open source license open source software open source telephony open source Unix open space Open Space Institute open sprinkler open stage open stair open stairway open standard open standards open statement open stope			Open Service Architecture Open Service Architecture for Mobile and Fixed Network Environment Open Service Delivery Environment Open Service Delivery Platform Open Service Gateway Open Service Gateway Specification Open Service Management Framework Open Service Oriented Architecture Open Service Provider Network Open Services Development Platform Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration Open Services Gateway Initiative Open Services Interface Definition Open Services Partner Alliance Open Servlet Engine open sesame Open set Open set Open Set Condition Open sets Open sets Open settlement protocol open shaft open sheathing open sheeting open shelving open shop open shops open shops open shops Open Shops for Information Services Open Shortest Path First Open Shortest Path First Open Shortest Path First - Autonomous System External Open Shortest Path First Interior Gateway Protocol Open Shortest Path First-Traffic Engineering Open Shortest-Path First Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol Open Side, Diagonal Seam Open Side, Side Seam open sight open sight Open sights Open Signaling open simplex Open Simulation System Open Sip Open Skies Consultive Commission Open Skies Treaty Open Skull Insert Brain Open Sky Creative Society open sky extracapsular extraction open sky extracapsular extraction Open Sky System open slather open slating

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