Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Cosine, a trigonometric function
- COS cells, a cell line used by biologists
- Carbonyl sulfide, a chemical compound
- Class of service (CoS), a 3 bit field within a layer two Ethernet frame header defined by IEEE 802.1p
- Class of service (COS), a configuration parameter in legacy telephone systems
- 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 installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
- Central office switching, a system or unit that connects telephone calls
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