(NeWS) An elegant POStScript-based windowing environment, invented by James GOSling, the author of GOSMACS. NeWS would almOSt certainly have won the standards war with the X Window System if it hadn' t been proprietary to {Sun MicrOSystems}. There is a lesson here that too many software vendors haven' t yet heeded. Communication is based on POStScript and server functions can be extended. See also HyperNeWS, OpenWindows. (1994-12-12)