| Subject | French | English |
| commun. | protocole de routage OSPF | open shortest path first |
| commun. | protocole OSPF | open shortest path first |
| comp., MS | protocole OSPF | open shortest path first A routing protocol for Internet Protocol (IP) networks. OSPF allows a router to calculate the shortest path to each node for sending messages. The router sends information on the nodes it is linked to, called link-state advertisements, to other routers on the network to accumulate link-state information to make its calculations (Open Shortest Path First) |