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OSI is primarily used as an abbreviation and has many meanings:

OSI Pharmaceuticals,an American pharmaceutical company
OSI Restaurant Partners, the restaurant and entertainment group that includes Outback Steakhouse
OSIsoft is a software company based out of San Leandro, California
OSI Systems a company that manufactures security scanners and medical equipment based in California
Objective Systems Integrators a company providing Operational Support Systems
Olomouc Summer Institute, an educational program for high-school students
Ontario Swine Improvement, a pig breeding company based in Ontario, Canada
Open Society Institute, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world
Ordnance Survey of Ireland (Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann)
Otto-Suhr-Institut, the political-science institute of the Free University of Berlin

In government:

Office of Scientific Intelligence, former name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency now called the Directorate of Science and Technology
Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived former American government agency created in 2001, part of the Department of Defense and focused on psychological warfare
Office of Special Investigations, a name shared by several government agencies
Office of Scientific Integrity, now United States Office of Research Integrity
U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations, an American government agency that detects and investigates individuals in the United States who took part in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution abroad before and during World War II
U.S. GAO Office of Special Investigations, a specialized unit within the American Government Accounting Office created to meet Congress' need for quick responses to issues of serious wrongdoing involving federal matters
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations

In technology:

Open Systems Interconnection, a joint ISO and ITU-T standard for computer networks and communication protocols
- OSI model, a layered description for communications and computer network protocol design
Open Source Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software
Ohio Scientific Inc., a microcomputer manufacturer from the late 1970s to the early 1980s
Open Solutions, Inc., a software company selling mainly to financial institutions
Open Switching Interval, a type of disconnect supervision
On-Site Inspection is an advanced measure technique combining several methods - especially used in order to detect nuclear tests.

In entertainment:

OSI (band), an American progressive rock supergroup named after the former Office of Strategic Influence government agency
Origin Systems, a former United States computer game developer
Office of Strategic Influence (album), the 2003 debut album by the band OSI

In fiction:

"OSI", a fictional United States government agency in The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman television programs
"Office of Secret Intelligence", a fictional United States government secret agency in the animated series The Venture Bros

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