Open may refer to any of the following:
In general, open refers to something that can be accessed or viewed.
When referring to computer software, open commonly refers to executing or running a program or accessing and reading a file. For example, if you wanted to read a word processor file, you could open Microsoft Word and select the file to open it. Also, most of the time, you can double-click the file and Windows automatically finds the correct program to open the file.
When referring to computer hardware or other hardware devices, open refers to physically removing a compartment, such as removing the computer case cover.
The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+O shows the open window in most programs and allow you to choose a file to open.
Related information
- How to open, view, and edit the contents of a file on a computer.
- How to open, create, edit, and view a file in Linux.
- When referring to a network port, open refers to a specific port being enabled, so that traffic can be transferred through it.
- How to open a computer case.
- When using FTP, open is a command used to establish a connection with a remote computer.
- How to open or forward a port on a router.
- Network and network card help and support.
- With an issue, question, post, or ticket, open refers to something that still needs to be fixed or reviewed. For example, if you open a support ticket with a question, it remains open until the problem is solved. Once solved it would be changed from open to closed.
- How to use FTP from a command line.
- Linux ftp command and information.
- What FTP programs can I use to send and receive files?
- FTP help and support.
- Open may be used as an abbreviated form of open source when describing a type of software.
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