Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Component Integration Laboratories
     
         (CIL) An effort to create a common framework for
        interoperability between {application programs} on {desktop}
        {platforms}, formed by {Apple Computer, Inc.}, {IBM},
        {Novell}, {Oracle}, {Taligent}, {WordPerfect} and {Xerox}.
     
        [When?  What happened?]
     
        (1994-10-24)