Cos
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Cos, COS or CoS, may refer to:
[edit] Math, science and technology
- Cosine, a trigonometric function
- Carbonyl sulfide, a chemical compound
- Class of service, a 3 bit field within a layer two Ethernet frame header when using IEEE 802.1Q
- Cobalt sulfide, a chemical compound
- Cray Operating System, a proprietary operating system Cray supercomputers
- Crypto Operating System, the development name of a Mac-compatible operating system
- CatOS, an obsolete operating system for Cisco Catalyst devices
- Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, an ultraviolet instrument due to be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
- Console Operating System, The Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system environment used for ESX management
[edit] Places
- Cos, Ariège, a commune of the Ariège department in France
- Cos or Kos, a Greek island
- Colorado Springs Airport, a public airport located near Colorado Springs
- Gulf of Cos, a narrow gulf of the Aegean Sea
[edit] Roles
- Chief of Staff, the coordinator of the supporting staff of an organization
- Chief of Station, an official appointed as chief of a stationary post
- Roman consul, the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Empire
[edit] Organizations, societies and churches
- Cooper Ornithological Society, an ornithological society founded in 1893 in California
- Charity Organization Society, a private charity (late 1800s to early 1900s) for information on the poor
- Children's Orchestra Society, a non-profit organization in New York City for musically talented children and teens
- Church of Satan, an organization for those who lead their life according to the The Satanic Bible
- Church of Scientology, an organization devoted to the practise and the promotion of the Scientology belief system
- Church of Scotland, the national church of Scotland
- Commandement des Opérations Spéciales, a French organization that coordinates special forces of all military branches
[edit] Other
- Cos lettuce, a variety of lettuce
- COS is the ICAO airline designator for Coyotair, in Spain
- Cost of sales, the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company
- Chicks on Speed, an electropop group which started in Munich
- Martín Perfecto de Cos (1800–1854), 19th-century Mexican general
- COS - Collection of Style, a better sportswear fashion collection by H&M sold in signature stores