Pdl

6 definitions found

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 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 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
     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 (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}]