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)