Commercial Off The Shelf. A government purchasing term requiring commercial availability of products bought on contract. An attempt to avoid 'cost-plus contract' minded defense contractors from making custom systems that only they can maintain. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20091
Connection Oriented Transport Service as opposed to CLTS, Connectionless Transport Service. Connection oriented protocols include Internet TCP and ITU X.25.
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commercial off-the-shelf; commercially available products that can be purchased and integrated with little or no customization, thus facilitating customer infrastructure expansion and reducing costs. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php