<s>
ND-COSMOS	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
proprietary	O
computer	O
networking	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
Norsk	O
Data	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
NORDNET	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
very	O
tight	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
ND-NOTIS	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
SINTRAN	B-Operating_System
III	I-Operating_System
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
strong	O
parallel	O
to	O
DEC	O
's	O
DECnet	B-Protocol
Phase	O
IV	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
internally	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
its	O
recently	O
released	O
small	O
computer	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
ND	B-Device
Satellite	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
function	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
link	O
layers	O
,	O
including	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
X.25	B-Protocol
,	O
HDLC	O
,	O
Bisync	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
asynchronous	O
serial	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
