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Re: What does COSINE stand for?
I have been wondering about the same....
Seems to be: Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in
Europe
An EU research project from the 80's, early 90's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réseaux_Associés_pour_la_Recherche_Européenne
informs us that:
TERENA was founded under the name Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche
Européenne (RARE) on 13 June 1986.^[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche_Europ%C3%A9enne#cite_note-1>
It was created by several European networking organisations to promote
open computer networking standards (specifically the OSI protocols
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_protocols>).^[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche_Europ%C3%A9enne#cite_note-Quarterman1990-2>
The first few years were dominated by the Co-operation for Open Systems
Interconnection Networking in Europe (COSINE) project.^[3]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche_Europ%C3%A9enne#cite_note-carp-3>
COSINE led to the implementation of some of the first standardised
network-related services, for example X.400
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.400> email and X.500
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.500> directory service.
More at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/8882_en.html
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/92/proceedings/WorldRegional_R5_COSINE.pdf