# OSD

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**OSD** may refer to:

## Science and medicine

- [Ocean Science Discussions](/source/Ocean_Science_Discussions), the discussion and review section of the journal *Ocean Science*
- [Optimal shape design](/source/Optimal_shape_design), a part of the field of optimal control theory
- [Oral sedation dentistry](/source/Oral_sedation_dentistry), the oral administration of sedatives to facilitate dental procedures
- Oral solid dose, a form of [oral administration](/source/Oral_administration) of medication
- [Osgood–Schlatter disease](/source/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease), an inflammation of the growth plate at the tibial tuberosity which occurs mostly in teenage boys

## Technology and computing

- [Object storage device](/source/Object_storage_device), computer data storage device that manages data as objects
- Online standards development, platform for the development of standards of the [International Electrotechnical Commission](/source/International_Electrotechnical_Commission)
- [On-screen display](/source/On-screen_display), a feature of visual devices like VCRs and DVD players that displays program, position, and setting data on a connected TV or computer display
- [Open Source Definition](/source/Open_Source_Definition), criteria used by the Open Source Initiative to determine whether or not a software license can be considered open source
- [OpenSearch](/source/OpenSearch_(specification)) Description document, an XML file format that identifies and describes a search engine
- Operating System Deployment, a component of Microsoft's [System Center Configuration Manager](/source/System_Center_Configuration_Manager) product
- [Orthotropic steel deck](/source/Orthotropic_deck), a roofing and bridging technique

## Other uses

- [Åre Östersund Airport](/source/%C3%85re_%C3%96stersund_Airport), Sweden, IATA airport code
- [Office of the Secretary of Defense](/source/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense), the principal staff of the United States Secretary of Defense
- [Officer on Special Duty](/source/Officer_on_Special_Duty), a Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani civil service officer
- [Oklahoma School for the Deaf](/source/Oklahoma_School_for_the_Deaf), a K-12 residential school for the deaf or hard-hearing students
- [Olympia School District](/source/Olympia_School_District), a school district in Olympia, Washington
- [One Shot Deal](/source/One_Shot_Deal), a live album by Frank Zappa posthumously released in 2008
- [Oregon School for the Deaf](/source/Oregon_School_for_the_Deaf)
- [Overseas Surveys Directorate](/source/Overseas_Surveys_Directorate), the United Kingdom's central survey and mapping organisation for British colonies and protectorates 1984–1991
- [Oxnard Elementary School District](/source/Oxnard_Elementary_School_District), a school district in Oxnard, California

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