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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  cons /konz/ or /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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  CONS
       
          {connection-oriented network service}
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  cons
       
          /konz/ or /kons/ [LISP, "construct"] A {Lisp} function which
          takes an element H and a list T and returns a new list whose
          head is H and whose tail is T.
       
          In {Lisp}, "cons" is the most fundamental operation for
          building structures.  It actually takes any two objects and
          returns a "{dotted-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 tree}s of any shape
          and complexity.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  CONS
       Connection Oriented Networking Service
       
       

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