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Open Interest: The net amount of outstanding open positions, either long or short, in a given futures or options contract.

Open Repo: A repurchase agreement with no definite term. The agreement is made on a day-to-day basis, and either the borrower or the lender may choose to terminate. The rate paid is higher than on over . . . View Full Definition

Open Return: A air ticket with no return date specified. Rarely done these days, usually quite expensive and not allowed on most discounted fares.

Open Ribcage: when your back is curved

Open Relay: An SMTP email server that allows outsiders to relay email messages that are neither for nor from local users. Often exploited by spammers and hackers.

Open Seating: Access at any time to unoccupied tables in the ship's dining room, as opposed to specific table assignments.

Open Records: Accessibility to own adoption records by each member of the triad. This includes access to identifying information.

Open Proxy: Software that exists on a server that allows the third-party relay of e-mail messages through ports other than port 25.

Open Rate: The number of HTML message recipients who opened your email, usually as a percentage of the total number of emails sent. The open rate is considered a key metric for judging an email campaig . . . View Full Definition

Open Reading Frame (ORF): The sequence of dna or rna located between the start-code sequence (initiation codon) and the stop-code sequence (termination codon).