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English Dictionary: OSS/ by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oss \Oss\, v. i. [See {Osse}, n.]
      To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] --R. Edgeworth.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   OSS   Written-only acronym for "Open Source Software" (see {open
   source}.   This is a rather ugly {TLA}, and the principals in the
   open-source movement don't use it, but it has (perhaps inevitably)
   spread through the trade press like kudzu.
  
  
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