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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
PDL
1. Page Description Language.
2. Program Design Language.
3. Push Down List.
4. Dave Lebling, one of the co-authors of Zork. His
network address on the ITS machines was at one time
.
5. Propositional Dynamic Logic.
[{Jargon File]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
PDL /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/ 1. n. `Program Design
Language'. Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless
pseudo-languages in which management forces one to design programs.
Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be maintained in
parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead to little or no
{flowchart" rel="nofollow">benefit. See also {flowchart. 2. v. To design using a program design
language. "I've been pdling so long my eyes won't focus beyond 2 feet."
3. n. `Page Description Language'. Refers to any language which is used
to control a graphics device, usually a laserprinter. The most common
{PostScript" rel="nofollow">example is, of course, Adobe's {PostScript language, but there are
many others, such as Xerox InterPress, etc. 4. In ITS days, the
preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl. 5. Dave Lebling, one
of the co-authors of Zork; (his network address on the ITS machines
was at one time pdl@dms).
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]
PDL
Page / Program Description / Design Language
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]
PDL
PERL Data Language (PERL)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]
PDL
Program Development Language
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
pdl
n : a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an
acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound;
equal to 0.1382 newtons [syn: poundal]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
PDL
n.
1 (label en railroading) (initialism of en passenger dedicated line)
2 (label en computing) (initialism of en pushdown list)
3 (label en computing) (initialism of en page description language)
4 (label en international law chiefly Philippines) (initialism of en
person deprived of liberty t=prisoner; incarceree)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
PDL
n.
1 (label en railroading) (initialism of en passenger dedicated line)
2 (label en computing) (initialism of en pushdown list)
3 (label en computing) (initialism of en page description language)
4 (label en international law chiefly Philippines) (initialism of en
person deprived of liberty t=prisoner; incarceree)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
PDL
n.
1 (label en railroading) (initialism of en passenger dedicated line)
2 (label en computing) (initialism of en pushdown list)
3 (label en computing) (initialism of en page description language)
4 (label en international law chiefly Philippines) (initialism of en
person deprived of liberty t=prisoner; incarceree)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
PDL
n.
1 (label en railroading) (initialism of en passenger dedicated line)
2 (label en computing) (initialism of en pushdown list)
3 (label en computing) (initialism of en page description language)
4 (label en international law chiefly Philippines) (initialism of en
person deprived of liberty t=prisoner; incarceree)
From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]
Parodontal-Ligament /pˌɑroːdɔntˈɑːl lˌiːɡamˈɛnt/ (PDL /pˌeːdˌeːˈɛl/)
[anat.] periodontal ligament PDL, /pˌeːdˌeːˈɛl/ , periodontal fibre/fiber [Am.]
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
periodontal ligament /pˈiəɹɪədˌɒntəl lˈɪɡəmənt/ (PDL /pˌiːdˌiːˈɛl/)
Parodontal-Ligament [anat.] PDL, /pˌiːdˌiːˈɛl/
Synonym: periodontal fibre/fiber
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
PDL
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