On 02/26/2017 11:05 PM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > This may seem like a silly question, but what does the "OU" in OUString stand for? > > Is it OpenOffice.org Unicode String? I /think/ "O" is the silly urge to prefix "object classes" (whatever that is) with "O" (compare with "I" for "interfaces"). "U" definitely is "Unicode" (to distinguish from char-based OString).