V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

OSPF
       Open Shortest Path First [protocol / routing] (Internet, IGP, RFC
1583)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol
Open Shortest-Path First
OSPF

    (OSPF) A link state routing
   protocol that is one of the Internet standard Interior
   Gateway Protocols defined in RFC 1247.

   There is no OSPF EGP, OSPF is an IGP only.

   [Relationship to Internet Protocol packet routing?]

   OSPF Design Guide
   (http://cisco.com/warp/public/104/1.html).

   (2002-06-29)