government osi profile

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Government OSI Profile
GOSIP

   <networking, standard> (GOSIP) A subset of {OSI} {standards}
   specific to US Government procurements, designed to maximize
   {interoperability} in areas where plain OSI standards are
   ambiguous or allow excessive options.

   (1995-12-13)