application environment specification

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

Application environment specification

   <programming> (AES) A set of specifications from {OSF} for
   programming and {user interfaces}, aimed at providing a
   consistent application environment on different hardware.  It
   includes "O/S" for the {operating system} (user commands and
   program interfaces), "U/E" for the User Environment ({Motif}),
   and "N/S" for Network services.

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   (1994-12-07)