See: Government OSI Profile
Government OSI Profile. An attempt by the US government to push forward the OSI standard to become the most important network layer protocol of the 21st century. History teaches us that it failed to become the standard, for the TCP/IP still alive and kicking.
A standard issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. GOSIP specifies the details of an interoperable Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) configuration for networking products procured by the U.S. government. See OSI.
Government Open System Interconnection Profile
Country specific ISO OSI functional profiles that have been defined as part of national procurement policies. The US has US Gosip which is defined as a Federal Information Processing Standard. The UK has the UK Gosip which is defined by the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency. The UK Government will not buy equipment unless it supports OSI as specified in Gosip. Unfortunately, the various Gosips as published by the UK, US and Japanese governments are all slightly different.
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
Government OSI Profile. An OSI-based network protocol used by governments (for example, the United States and United Kingdom).
Government OSI Profile. A U.S. Government procurement specification for OSI protocols. There is talk about having TCP/IP be part of GOSIP too.
Government Open System Interconnection Protocols are U.S. government procurement specifications for OSI protocols (see OSI). The government has mandated that all federal agencies standardize on the OSI model and implement OSI-based systems for GOSIP. Most vendors (Sun, IBM, HP, DEC, etc.) have either complied or are working toward compliance.
Government OSI Profile. U.S. government procurement specification for OSI protocols. Through GOSIP, the government has mandated that all federal agencies standardize on OSI and implement OSI-based systems as they become commercially available.