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

Philips

    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)