In an open system, portability and interoperability can be applied.
Open system is a concept that is used in the field of computing . An ordered module composed of elements that interact with each other and are interlinked is known as a system . The word, however, can also refer to a group of notions or concrete objects (that is, physical).
From this word the idea of an open system has been formed, which is usually associated specifically with computer systems . These are structures on which portability and interoperability can be applied (different software can operate simultaneously).
These systems, according to experts, use open standards . On the other hand, the concept can refer to systems that allow free and unrestricted access by people or other systems.
Origin of open systems
The idea of an open system in the field of computing was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s , with the advancement of Unix . These types of systems featured standardized programming interfaces and peripheral interconnections, which promoted third-party software and hardware development.
It is important to distinguish between an open system and open source software , since the latter refers to computer programs that can be manipulated and modified by users. This particularity does not imply that they are interoperable with the rest of the systems.
a standard
It should also be noted that an open standard constitutes a public specification that allows a particular task to be carried out. This specification, the specialists establish, requires having been achieved after a process available at a general level and must be able to be used without the payment of royalties.
Access and promotion of the standard allows compatibility and interoperability between different hardware and software components, since only technical knowledge is required to build new products.
The idea of an open system is used in physics, chemistry and other areas.
Open system in physics and chemistry
In addition to all of the above, we can establish that we use the term open system in the same way in the field of physics and chemistry . Specifically, in both areas the term is used to define a system that carries out an interrelation with other different chemical agents, that is, with a set of elements that are totally external to it.
In the same way, it must be emphasized that this concept that concerns us now is also used to define a specific type of thermodynamic system , which is that part of the universe itself that is separated or isolated from the rest to carry out its study and analysis. comprehensive.
In this sense, we can establish that an open -type thermodynamic system is one that is characterized because it involves a series of exchanges of energy and matter with what is outside. Thus, for example, a clear example of this type of system is a car since it experiences this change of matter when it is loaded with gasoline by the human being and also has an exchange of energy when its engine gives off heat when it is put into operation.
In contrast to that, there is the closed system , which is one in which only energy exchange occurs with the outside, and also the isolated system. The latter in particular is one in which no type of exchange occurs with the environment, neither energetic nor material.