philips

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

Philips

   <company> A Dutch multinational electronics company.  It
   produces washing machines, consumer electronics, {integrated
   circuits} and light bulbs.  Together with {Sony} they set the
   {Compact Disc} standard, especially {Green Book CD-ROM}.  They
   are members of the {Open Software Foundation}.  Philips
   Research Labs developed the {POOL} and {SPL} languages.

   Address: Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

   (1995-02-07)