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Hardware description language

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002734

A specialized computer language used to model the structure, behavior, and design of electronic circuits, particularly digital logic. It allows engineers to describe hardware at an abstract level before physical implementation. VHDL and Verilog are two widely used hardware description languages in integrated circuit design.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-002734
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
SynonymsHDL
See alsoHDL
TranslationsGerman: Hardware Description Language; Spanish: lenguaje de descripción de hardware; French: langage de description matérielle
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002734",
  "term": "Hardware description language",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A specialized computer language used to model the structure, behavior, and design of electronic circuits, particularly digital logic. It allows engineers to describe hardware at an abstract level before physical implementation. VHDL and Verilog are two widely used hardware description languages in integrated circuit design.",
  "synonyms": [
    "HDL"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "see_also": [
    "HDL"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Hardware Description Language",
    "es": "lenguaje de descripción de hardware",
    "fr": "langage de description matérielle"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/hardware-description-language/"
}

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