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De - Pt| English Dictionary: PDL | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for PDL | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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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 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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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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}] | |
