Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Platform for Internet Content Selection
     
         (PICS) A standard for {meta-data} associated
        with {World-Wide Web} content, originally designed to help
        parents and teachers control what children access on the
        Internet, but also used for {code signing} and privacy.  The
        PICS platform is one on which other rating services and
        filtering software have been built.
     
        {(http://www.w3.org/PICS}).
     
        (2001-03-29)