Definitions for "Ods"
Keywords:  ods, deplete, odss, halons, hcfcs
Ozone Depleting Substance. A chemical compound that contributes to stratospheric ozone depletion. ODS are stable in the troposphere and only degrade under intense ultraviolet light in the stratosphere. ODS react with stratospheric ozone, either directly or through the release of chlorine or bromine atoms after decomposition.
See Ozone Depleting Substance.
Ozone Depleting Substance. Any substance with an ODP greater than 0 that can deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. Most of ODS are controlled under the Montreal Protocol and its amendments and they include CFCs, HCFCs, halons and methyl bromide.
ots An pen ocument preadsheet file is the spreadsheet format portion of the OASIS OpenDocument standard. It is usable by many different spreadsheet applications. The version with the "d" is an ordinary document; the version with the "t" is a template for building other documents.
See Original device selection.
Original device selection. A backup option. This is the opposite of Intelligen Device Selection. BACKUP.UNET broadcasts a request to each provider of a pool and selects the first device that responds to the device request. This device is used for the entire backup job. In a multi-volume backup, an operator must be present to mount each volume on the device.
A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.
Keywords:  discoverer, acronym, system
Acronym for Discoverer system
Office of Dispute Settlement.
Keywords:  odm, draw, outside, start, events
Outside draw stands. (Similar to ODM, but in relation to standing start events).
Keywords:  oracle, suite, document
Oracle Document Suite