cern

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

CERN

   <body> The European Laboratory for Particle Physics in
   Swizerland.

   {Tim Berners-Lee} invented the {World-Wide Web} while working
   at CERN.

   Other notable computing developments at CERN include {ADAMO},
   {Application Software Installation Server}, {CERNLIB},
   {cfortran.h}, {CHEOPS}, {CICERO}, {Cortex}, {EMDIR}, {HBOOK},
   {LIGHT}, {NFT}, {PATCHY}, {PL-11}, {Schoonschip}, {SHIFT},
   and {ZEBRA}.

   CERN Home (http://cern.ch/).

   (2004-10-24)

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

CERN
       Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire (org., Europe,
Geneva)