# O

- [OAuth](/glossary/o/oauth.md): An open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.
- [Object Storage](/glossary/o/object-storage.md): A strategy that manages and manipulates data storage as distinct units, called objects. These objects are kept in a single storehouse and are not nested as files in a folder inside other folders.
- [Orchestration](/glossary/o/orchestration.md): The automated configuration, coordination, and management of computer systems and software.