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Open system may refer to:
Technical term
Open system (computing), one of a class of computers and associated software that provides some combination of interoperability, portability and open software standards, particularly Unix and Unix-like systems
Open system (systems theory), in the natural and social sciences, a process that exchanges material, energy, people, capital or information with its environment
Open system (thermodynamics), in thermodynamics and physics, a system where matter and energy can enter or leave, in contrast to a closed system where energy can enter or leave but matter can not
Open system (control theory), a feedforward system that does not have any feedback loop to control its output in a control system
Open system, in
management science a system that is capable of self-maintenance on the basis of throughput of resources from the environment
The system in which the exchange of both mass and energy take place through surrounding[clarification needed] environment
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