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Open system (computing)

Open systems are computer systems that provide some combination of interoperability, portability, and open software standards. (It can also refer to specific installations that are configured to allow unrestricted access by people and/or other computers; this article does not discuss that meaning).

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Open system (computing)

Nodes27
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Triples3
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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open unix systems software system ibm companies interoperability mainframes linux computer standards computers based time legacy hardware significant century vendors

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Hitachi going to court for the right to sell systemsinstance ofwhich saw companies0.80text
peripherals that were compatible with IBM's mainframes.The definition ofinstance ofwhich saw companies0.80text

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