Cos

Maths, science and technology

• Cosine, a trigonometric function
• COS cells
  COS cells
  COS is a cell line often used by biologists when studying the monkey virus SV40. It is also often used to transfect cells to produce recombinant proteins for molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology experiments...
  
  , a cell line used by biologists
• Carbonyl sulfide
  Carbonyl sulfide
  Carbonyl sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula OCS. Commonly written as COS, it is a colourless flammable gas with an unpleasant odor. It is a linear molecule consisting of a carbonyl group double bonded to a sulfur atom...
  
  , a chemical compound
• Class of service
  Class of service
  Class of Service or 802.1p as related to network technology, is a 3 bit field within an Ethernet frame header when using 802.1Q tagging...
  
  , a 3 bit field within a layer two Ethernet frame header when using IEEE 802.1Q
• Cobalt sulfide
  Cobalt sulfide
  Cobalt sulfide is the name for chemical compounds with a formula Co_xS_y. Well-characterized species include minerals with the formula CoS₂ and Co₃S₄, and the synthetic material Co₉S₈...
  
  , a chemical compound
• Cray Operating System
  Cray Operating System
  The Cray Operating System was Cray Research's proprietary operating system for its Cray-1 and Cray X-MP supercomputers, and those platforms' main OS until replaced by UNICOS in the late 1980s...
  
  , a proprietary operating system Cray supercomputers
• Crypto Operating System
  Crypto Operating System
  Crypto Operating System was the development name of a Mac-compatible operating system supposedly developed by the German company Omega GmbH in the late 1990s. Omega caught the attention of technology media with impressive specifications and seemingly serious investor and consumer information, but...
  
  , the development name of a Mac-compatible operating system
• CatOS
  CatOS
  CatOS is Cisco Systems' obsoleted Unix-like operating system for many of their Catalyst-brand of legacy network switches. Originally called "XDI" by the switching company Crescendo Communications, Inc., Cisco renamed it to CatOS when they acquired Crescendo in late 1993...
  
  , an obsolete operating system for Cisco Catalyst devices
• Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
  Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
  The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph is a science instrument that was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May 2009. It is designed for ultraviolet spectroscopy of faint point sources with a resolving power of ≈1,550 to 24,000...
  
  , an ultraviolet instrument due to be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
• Central office switching, a system or unit that connects telephone calls

Places

• COS, Open network software
• Cos, Ariège
  Cos, Ariège
  Cos is a village and commune in the Ariège département of south-western France....
  
  , a commune of the Ariège department in France
• Cos or Kos
  Kos
  Kos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. The island has both fertile plains and mountainous highlands with a population of 30,947...
  
  , a Greek island
• Colorado Springs Airport
  Colorado Springs Airport
  Colorado Springs Airport , also known as the City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use, joint civil-military airport located six miles southeast of the central business district of Colorado Springs, a city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the second...
  
  , a public airport located near Colorado Springs
• Gulf of Cos, a narrow gulf of the Aegean Sea

Roles

• Chief of Staff
  Chief of Staff
  A chief of staff, also known as a principal staff officer, is the coordinator of the supporting staff and primary aide to an important individual, such as an Office of the Prime Minister-Civilian:*Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister...
  
  , the coordinator of the supporting staff of an organization
• Chief of Station, an official appointed as chief of a stationary post
• Roman consul
  Roman consul
  A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a republic, the consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the heads of government for the Republic. An election occurred every year for new consul...
  
  , the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Empire

Organizations, societies and churches

• Cooper Ornithological Society
  Cooper Ornithological Society
  The Cooper Ornithological Society was founded in 1893 in California. Its name commemorates Dr James G. Cooper, an early California naturalist. It publishes the ornithological journal The Condor, as well as the monograph series Studies in Avian Biology...
  
  , an ornithological society founded in 1893 in California
• Charity Organization Society
  Charity Organization Society
  The Charity Organization Societies also called the Associated Charities was a private charity that existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a clearing house for information on the poor. The society was mainly concerned with distinction between the deserving poor and undeserving poor...
  
  , a private charity (late 1800s to early 1900s) for information on the poor
• Children's Orchestra Society
  Children's Orchestra Society
  The Children's Orchestra Society is a non-profit organization in New York City founded by Dr. Hiao Tsiun Ma for musically talented children and teens.-Purpose:...
  
  , a non-profit organization in New York City for musically talented children and teens
• Church of Satan
  Church of Satan
  The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1968 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...
  
  , an organization for those who lead their life according to the The Satanic Bible
• Church of Scientology
  Church of Scientology
  The Church of Scientology is the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination...
  
  , an organization devoted to the practise and the promotion of the Scientology belief system
• Church of Scotland
  Church of Scotland
  The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
  
  , the national church of Scotland
• Commandement des Opérations Spéciales
  Commandement des Opérations Spéciales
  The Commandement des Opérations Spéciales is the French organisation which coordinates the use of the French special forces of all military branches ....
  
  , a French organization that coordinates special forces of all military branches

Other

• Cos lettuce, a variety of lettuce
• CoyotAir (airline designator code), from Spain
• Cost of sales, the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company
• Chicks on Speed
  Chicks on Speed
  Chicks on Speed is an electropop group which started in Munich in 1997, after its members had met through the Academy of Fine Arts there.Grouped around Chicks on Speed is a large and ever-changing collective of musicians, producers, graphic artists, designers, film and video makers, and so on...
  
  , an electropop group which started in Munich
• Martín Perfecto de Cos
  Martín Perfecto de Cos
  Martín Perfecto de Cos was a 19th-century Mexican general. He was married to Lucinda López de Santa Anna, sister of Antonio López de Santa Anna. General Cos swept across the Texas plains attacking many small towns and defeating Texas commanders like James Fannin during the Texas...
  
   (1800–1854), 19th-century Mexican general
• COS (Collection of Style), a fashion line by H&M
  H&M
  H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB , is a Swedish clothing company, known for its fast fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children...
  
  
• A nickname for comedian Bill Cosby
  Bill Cosby
  William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show,...
  
  , and the title of a 1976
  1976 in television
  The year 1976 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1976.-Global television events:*The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide....
  
   sketch comedy
  Sketch comedy
  Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
  
   television series hosted by Cosby IMDB
• Cos (footballer), an English-born footballer man who plays for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
  Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
  Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, most commonly referred to simply as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa Libertadores de América, two...
  
  
• An old pet form for "cousin"
• Informal abbreviation for the book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Capital of Statistics, a famous Chinese website focused on statistics (both methodologies and applications); there is also a forum for English users