Common Object Services Collection of standard services to simplify developing standard applications Naming, Event and Lifecycle-services are a part of the COS collection
Corporation for Open Systems An organization of vendors formed in 1985 to coordinate member company efforts in the selection of standards and protocols, conformance testing, and the establishment of certification The purpose was to improve, and eventually insure, interoperability of different vendors' products
Class of Service Not common among domestic users, but should be -- a way of guaranteeing a link suitable for video, audio or gaming
Corporation for Open Systems International Champion of systems that follow international protocols
Corporation for Open Systems A vendor and user group for conformance testing, certification, and promotion of OSI products [Source: RFC1208]
Computer Officers (strictly speaking, a formal job title, but used more broadly in this report to mean computer support staff in Cambridge colleges and university departments)
Community of Science A subscription web service containing information about funding opportunities for research and scientific expertise VCU subscribes to SPINPlus, which provides similar information
Community of Science A web server containing information about scientific expertise, funded scientific research, and funding opportunities for research