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Open Sound System: History & Standards

The Open Sound System (OSS) is an interface for making and capturing sound in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is based on standard Unix devices system calls (i.e. POSIX read, write, ioctl, etc.). The term also sometimes refers to the software in a Unix kernel that provides the OSS interface; it can be thought of as a device driver (or a…

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Open Sound System topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Open Sound System.

Related topics
43
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
49
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
49

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 14 topics
API · 8 topics
History · 8 topics
OSS/3D · 7 topics
Criticism · 4 topics
Adoption status · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer
NCR Corporation
License
BSD-2-Clause · CDDL-1.0 · GPL-2.0-only · Proprietary (formerly)
Operating system
Cross-platform
Original author
Hannu Savolainen
Stable release
4.2 build 2019 / March 5, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-03-05)
Type
Audio

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

API

History

Adoption status

OSS/3D

Criticism

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Open Sound System connects Entity context

The extracted context around Open Sound System shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Open Sound System → BSD-2-Clause, CDDL-1.0, GPL-2.0-only, Proprietary (formerly) Another extracted example is Open Sound System → Linux, Official, Open Sound System From, SourceState. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Open Sound System

Top relations

License · 4
Open Sound System → BSD-2-Clause, CDDL-1.0, GPL-2.0-only, Proprietary (formerly)
related to External links · 4
Open Sound System → Linux, Official, Open Sound System From, SourceState
Developer · 1
Open Sound System → NCR Corporation
Operating system · 1
Open Sound System → Cross-platform
Original author · 1
Open Sound System → Hannu Savolainen
Stable release · 1
Open Sound System → 4.2 build 2019 / March 5, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-03-05)
Type · 1
Open Sound System → Audio
Website · 1
Open Sound System → www.opensound.com

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

oss sound linux api software unix freebsd also system kernel audio savolainen oss4 free interface open alsa dev systems device

Open Sound System relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Open Sound System. Examples in this analysis include Open Sound System → Developer → NCR Corporation and Open Sound System → License → BSD-2-Clause. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Open Sound SystemDeveloperNCR Corporation1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemLicenseBSD-2-Clause1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemLicenseCDDL-1.01.00infobox
Open Sound SystemLicenseGPL-2.0-only1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemLicenseProprietary (formerly)1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemOriginal authorHannu Savolainen1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemStable release4.2 build 2019 / March 5, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-03-05)1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemTypeAudio1.00infobox
Open Sound SystemWebsitewww.opensound.com1.00infobox
Ubuntu made OSS4 available as a software package after it was made free softwareinstance ofAPI.Although Linux distributions0.80text
they have chosen to ignore any bugs filed against these packages.APIThe OSS API has remained influential despite the obscurity of the original libraryinstance ofAPI.Although Linux distributions0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Open Sound System bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Operating, System and Framework. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Open Sound System
    • Operating
    • System
    • Framework
    • Use
    • Oss
    • Systems
    • Unix
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Audio
    • Bsd-2-clause
    • Ioctl
  • open sound system
    • Operating
    • System
    • Framework
    • Unix
    • Use
    • Oss
    • Systems
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Advanced
    • Architecture
    • Audio
  • system calls
    • Unix
    • Framework
    • Use
    • Systems
    • Audio
    • Api
    • Bsd-2-clause
    • Ioctl
    • License
    • Proprietary
    • Read
    • Write
  • device driver
    • Unix
    • Kernel
    • Hardware
    • Sound
    • Bsd-2-clause
    • Hannu
    • Ioctl
    • License
    • Operating
    • Proprietary
    • Read
    • Write
  • sound controller
    • Oss
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Advanced
    • Architecture
    • System
    • Driver
    • Device
    • Unix
    • Savolainen
    • Freebsd
    • Api
  • hannu savolainen
    • License
    • Savolainen
    • Proprietary
    • Code
    • Made
    • Bsd-2-clause
    • Ioctl
    • Making
    • Operating
    • Read
    • Write
    • Software
  • free software licences
    • Free
    • Software
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Made
    • Advanced
    • Architecture
    • Code
    • Savolainen
    • Oss4
    • License
    • Making
  • free software
    • Free
    • Software
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Made
    • Advanced
    • Architecture
    • Code
    • Savolainen
    • Oss4
    • License
    • Making

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Open Sound System, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Open Sound System with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Open Sound System — Overview · splits 35 ⟂ 15
Open Sound System — API · splits 41 ⟂ 9
Open Sound System — History · splits 41 ⟂ 9
Open Sound System — OSS/3D · splits 42 ⟂ 8
Open Sound System — Criticism · splits 45 ⟂ 5
Open Sound System — Adoption status · splits 47 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Open Sound System

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples17
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Open Sound System to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Open Sound System · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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