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Open Sound System

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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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

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API

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OSS/3D

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Open Sound System

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

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Open Sound System

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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

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

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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
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