Portable Common Tool Environment

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

Portable Common Tool Environment
PCTE

   <tool> (PCTE) An {ECMA} standard framework for software tools
   developed in the {Esprit} programme.  It is based on an
   {entity-relationship} {Object Management System} and defines
   the way in which tools access this.

   (2001-03-03)