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openˈoʊpən
systemˈsɪstəm

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  • open systemsystems with external interactions
  • open systemcomputer system that provide some combination of interoperability, portability, and open software standards
  • Open systemWikimedia disambiguation page
  • open systemfeed forward system that does not have any feedback loop to control its output. In an open system, the output of the system is not fed back into the input to the system for control or operation

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