V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
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 (30 December 2018):
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 (30 December 2018):
cons
The Lisp function that creates a cons cell.
(2014-11-09)