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  • Offset Voltage

    Voltage that will accumulate upon an initially uncharged isolated conductive plate when that plate is exposed to an ionized air environment.

  • Offsite Fabrication

    A practice of preassembly or fabrication of components both offsite and onsite at a location other than the final point of installation.

  • OGC

    Office of Government Commerce (US Treasury)

  • OGCS

    A Risk-Based Approach to Operation of GxP Computerized Systems

  • OGD

    Office of Generic Drugs (FDA)

  • OHER

    Office of Health and Environmental Research (DOE)

  • Ohm

    Unit of electrical resistance in a circuit, such that a potential difference of one volt across a load of one ohm produces a current of one ampere.

  • OHRP

    Office for Human Research Protections (HHS)

  • OIM

    Office of Information Management (FDA)

  • OINDPs

    Orally Inhaled and Nasal Products

  • OJB

    On the Job Training

  • OLA

    Operating Level Agreement

  • OLAP

    On-Line Analytical Processing

  • OLE

    Object Linking and Embedding

  • Oligo

    Oligonucleotide, short sequence of single-stranded DNA or RNA. Oligos are often used as probes for detecting complementary DNA or RNA because they bind readily to their complements.

  • Oligogenic

    A phenotypic trait produced by two or more genes working together.

  • Oligomer

    A molecule formed from a small number of monomers.

  • Oligonucleotide

    A short molecule (usually 6 to 100 nucleotides) of single-stranded DNA.

  • OLTP

    On-Line Transaction Processing

  • OMB

    Office of Management and Budget

  • OMS

    Organisation Mondiale de la Santé – World Health Organization (WHO)

  • On Demand Bond

    Entitlement by the owner to draw down a specific amount of money, without conditions, for the failure of a supplier to properly perform a contract.

  • On-Label Uses

    Many drugs/devices that have gained FDA approval have uses other than those for which the drug/device was officially evaluated and approved. Once a drug/device has been approved for some use, however, it can be legally prescribed for any use. On-label use is the use of the strict use of a drug/device for only the purposes for which it was approved by the FDA (as reflected on the labeling).

  • On-Line

    (IEEE) Pertaining to a system or mode of operation in which input data enter the computer directly from the point of origin or output data are transmitted directly to the point where they are used. For example, an airline reservation system.

  • On-Line

    In water monitoring systems ̶ Referring to measurement devices that are directly coupled to the water stream.