V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
COSE Common Open Software Environment (HP, Sun, IBM, SCO, USL, Univel)The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
COSE Common Open Software Environment. An initiative by Hewlett-Packard, Sun, IBM, Novell, Univel and SCO to move toward consistency and interoperability between Unix suppliers.