对于开放系统内涵的澄清

OPEN SYSTEM CONNOTATION

虽然开放系统是一个流行的名词，但是对于一般用户，它却是一个在实际工作中“无法操作”的事物。本文从计算机开放系统的基本特征出发，通过逻辑推理，导出描述开放系统的轮廓，借助于后者使开放系统一词的内涵得到了澄清，并使它的实现变成了“可操作的”。文中还从ＩＴ实际工作的方便出发，提出了一个简明的开放系统的工作定义。

Although open system is a popular word,but as for most users,its realization seems to be inoperable.A profile for open systems is introduced through a series of careful inference which starts from the well-know characteristics of open computer systems.With the help of the profile,the connotation of so called open systems is clarified and its realization becomes to be operable.Finally, a concise working definition for open systems is proposed which may be helpful for those involving in IT practical works.