V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

PCTE
       Portable Common Tool Environment (CASE, ESPRIT)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Portable Common Tool Environment
PCTE

    (PCTE) An ECMA standard framework for software tools
   developed in the Esprit programme.  It is based on an
   entity-relationship Object Management System and defines
   the way in which tools access this.

   (2001-03-03)