Open Architecture Computing Environment

Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) was a specification that aimed to provide a standards-based computing environment in order to decouple computing environment from software applications.

It was proposed for the United States Department of Defense in 2004.{{Cite web |title= What is Open Architecture, anyway? |work= Promotional web site |publisher= Dot 21 Real-Time Systems |url= http://www.dot21rts.com/open_architecture.html |archivedate= May 14, 2006 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060514134736/http://www.dot21rts.com/open_architecture.html |accessdate= November 9, 2016 }}{{Cite web |title= Open Architecture Computing Environment |date= March 2005 |publisher= US Navy Dahlgren Laboratory |url= http://www.nswc.navy.mil/wwwDL/B/OACE/ |archivedate= May 24, 2005 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050524155809/http://www.nswc.navy.mil/wwwDL/B/OACE/ |accessdate= November 9, 2016 }}