V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (September 2014):

CONS
       Connection Oriented Networking Service


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

cons
 /konz/, /kons/

    [from LISP]

    1. vt. To add a new element to a specified list, esp. at the top. ?OK, cons
    picking a replacement for the console TTY onto the agenda.?

    2. cons up: vt. To synthesize from smaller pieces: ?to cons up an example?.

    In LISP itself, cons is the most fundamental operation for building
    structures. It takes any two objects and returns a dot-pair or two-branched
    tree with one object hanging from each branch. Because the result of a cons
    is an object, it can be used to build binary trees of any shape and
    complexity. Hackers think of it as a sort of universal constructor, and
    that is where the jargon meanings spring from.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (18 March 2015):

connection-oriented network service
CONS

    (CONS) Because of the relatively long transit
   delays and inferior bit error rate of WANs, a more
   sophisticated connection-oriented protocol is normally
   used.

   (1997-11-08)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (18 March 2015):

cons

    The Lisp function that creates a cons cell.

   (2014-11-09)