PRISM

PRISM definition - computer

(1) (PhotoRefractive Information Storage Materials Consortium) A collaboration of IBM, Stanford University, GTE, Hughes Research Labs, Optitek, SRI International and Rockwell Science Center that is funded by the U.S. government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for the purpose of researching holographic storage.

(2) (PRogrammable Integrated Scripts for Mirror) The programming language for the Mirror communications programs.

(3) See PR/SM.



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