Platform for Internet Content Selection - Plug-in Inventory
(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.
There may be many popular meanings for PICS with the most popular definition being that of Platform for Internet Content Selection, Plug-in Inventory Control System, Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
Platform for Internet Content

