platform
Specific computer hardware, as in the phrase "platform-independent". It may also refer to a specific combination of hardware and operating system and/or compiler, as in "this program has been ported to several platforms". It is also used to refer to support software for a particular activity, as in "This program provides a platform for research into routing protocols".Last updated: 1994-12-07
Platform for Internet Content Selection
<web>
(PICS) A standard for metadata associated with web content, originally designed to help parents and teachers control what children access on the Internet, but also used for code signing and privacy. The PICS platform is one on which other rating services and filtering software have been built.
(http://w3.org/PICS).Last updated: 2001-03-29
Platform Independent Graphical User Interface
(PIGUI) The PIGUI FAQ. [Summary?]Last updated: 1994-11-22
platinum-iridium
<standard>
A standard, against which all others of the same category are measured. Usage: silly.
The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris, as the bar defining the standard metre once was. "This garbage collection algorithm has been tested against the platinum-iridium cons cell in Paris." Compare golden. [Jargon File]Last updated: 1997-02-20
Platon
Distributed language based on asynchronous message passing. ["Message Passing Communication Versus Procedure Call Communication", J. Staunstrup, Soft Prac & Exp 12(3):223-234 (Mar 1982)]. ["Platon Reference Manual", S. Soerensen et al, RECAU, U Aarhus, Denmark].Nearby terms:
Plastic Pin Grid Array ♦ platform ♦ Platform for Internet Content Selection
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