Corporation for Open Systems
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Corporation for Open Systems
(COS) An international consortium of computer users and
vendors set up to provide ways of testing
OSI
implementations.
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Corporation for Open Systems
An R&D consortium, founded in 1986, that was dedicated to assuring acceptance of worldwide standards. It closed 10 years later.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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The event, which has the enthusiastic support of the National ISDU Users and the
Corporation for Open Systems, "is to serve as a platform to demonstrate compatibility between end-user equipment as well as applications on the national and international levels," says Thomson.
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