PICS

(1) (Pantone Internet Color System) The Pantone implementation of the Netscape color palette. See Netscape color palette.

(2) (Platform for Internet Content Selection) A system for rating websites that has been endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. PICS is promoted worldwide in order to encourage self regulation and avoid governmental censorship. Initially using labels within the HTML meta tag format to define a site, PICS labels can also be described in the RDF format. For more information, visit www.w3.org/pics. See ICRA.

PICS

Abbreviation for:
Pacing in Cardiomyopathy Study
Platform for Internet Content Selection
Prescribing Information and Communications System
Prescribing Information and Communications System. A rules-based drug prescribing system, which provides improved patient safety, helps clinical decisions, reduces costs by suggesting cheaper off-patent alternatives to expensive proprietary agents and interacts with the hospital’s (chemical) pathology system.

PICS

Acronym	Definition
PICS➣Pictures
PICS➣Public Interest and Community Service (Morgan Lewis law firm)
PICS➣Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement(s)
PICS➣Platform for Internet Content Selection
PICS➣Plug-in Inventory Control System
PICS➣Plan Information Control System
PICS➣Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PICS➣Philippine Internet Commerce Society
PICS➣Personal Injuries Civilians Scheme (UK)
PICS➣Pennsylvania Instant Check System (firearms screening database)
PICS➣Programmes Internationaux de Coopération Scientifique (French)
PICS➣Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme
PICS➣Profile Implementation Conformance Statement(s)
PICS➣Pacific Industrial Contractor Screening
PICS➣Printing Industry Competitiveness Scheme (Australia)
PICS➣Parts Inventory Control System
PICS➣Protocol Information Conformance Statement
PICS➣Platform-Independent Content Rating Scheme
PICS➣Project Item Coding System (Colorado Department of Transportation)
PICS➣Punjab Institute of Computer Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan)
PICS➣Password Issuance and Control System (US Department of Homeland Security)
PICS➣Programmable Industrial Control Simulation
PICS➣Process Instrumentation and Control System
PICS➣Parent Interview for Child Symptoms (behavioral science)
PICS➣Patent Image Capture System
PICS➣Progressive Inter-Cultural Community Services Society (est. 1987; British Columbia, Canada)
PICS➣Parliamentary Investigatory Committee on Sects (Belgium)
PICS➣Personal Computer Image Communications System
PICS➣Personal Computer Instructional System
PICS➣Providers' Integrated Client System (Pellcomp Software Ltd., UK)
PICS➣Plugin Inventory and Control System
PICS➣Primary Inter-LATA Carrier System
PICS➣Protocol Interface Compliance Statement
PICS➣Pulsed Image Converter System
PICS➣Policy Information Capture System
PICS➣Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiology