When all types and brands of hardware and software equipment are interchangeable and able to function together.
Are those that have flow of matter, energy and/or information between the system and its environment c.f. closed systems.
"Open" systems are those based on s tandardized computer operating systems and hardware; standardized graphical user interfaces; communications standards, standard database management interfaces; and standardized data exchange software technology.
Allow different computer systems with a variety of hardware and software components to communicate and exchange information. Open systems are possible through the use of standards.
Open systems provide a standards-based computing environment, possibly including but not limited to UNIX,TCP/IP,APIs,and GUIs.
An approach to computing that stresses the interconnectability of systems based on compliance to established standards. (7/96)
Allowing resources (e.g. material or information) to enter or leave the system, sucking in resources from outside or giving out more than they take in.
When computers were first introduced to the business world, each system was a unique machine. Both the users and manufacturers learned the advantages of separating the programming (software) from the physical equipment (hardware) used to execute the programs and deliver the results. Eventually, the connections between many hardware devices became standardized. Similar examples of open systems in the field of electronic hardware can be found in telecommunications and consumer electronics. A similar idea of interchangeable sections in software took longer to be accepted but is beginning to work.
An approach to computing that allows the interconnectability of systems based on compliance with established standards.
An approach to building information processing systems using hardware, software and networking components that comply with industry-accepted standards. This approach allows for flexibility in choosing hardware, software and networking components.
Those systems that can be supplied by hardware components from multiple vendors, and whose software can be operated from different platforms. They are opposite to closed or proprietary systems.
The term open systems refers to an environment with hardware and software platforms that promote the use of standards. By adhering to a set of standard interfaces, these platforms make it easier for third-party programmers to write applications that can run on a variety of operating systems and hardware. This open systems environment can also make it easier for systems engineers to write device drivers for numerous peripheral devices that operate on this same variety of operating systems and hardware.
If everyone complied with a single set of standards everything would work together from servers to software, networking and so on. Still a dream at this stage as any Mac user will tell you OS Operating system Outsourcing Contracting an outside company to manage an internal process Packet Generic term for a bundle of data
A concept based on offering hardware and software and capabilities defined by standards - produced by standards committees as well as those supported or demanded by users (i.e., de facto standards, such as those developed by Unix International or the Open Software Foundation). Typically, an open system provides Unix as a basic operating system, although that is not a requirement; what is required is that the system provide standard interfaces. An open system is a compliant implementation of an evolving set of vendor-neutral specifications for interfaces, services, protocols and formats. It is designed to let users configure, operate and substitute an entire system, its applications and components with other equally compliant implementations, preferably available from different vendors.
A card system that involves multiple issuers of cards that can be used to access services or purchase products at multiple service providers. An open system requires the processing of interchange transactions, usually by an independent system operator
Systems based on technology and protocols that can be employed by multiple vendors. Standards-based open systems are based on publicly accepted conventions, available to all vendors. Open systems, in theory, can inter-operate with any system that follows those conventions.