PICS

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Platform for Internet Content Selection
PICS

   <World-Wide Web> (PICS) A standard for {meta-data} associated
   with {World-Wide 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).

   (2001-03-29)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

PICS
       Platform for Internet Content Selection (org., Internet)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

PICS
       Plug-in Inventory Control System

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

PICS
       Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements