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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-002734 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Industrial electronics |
| Synonyms | HDL |
| See also | HDL |
| Translations | German: Hardware Description Language; Spanish: lenguaje de descripción de hardware; French: langage de description matérielle |
Record as JSON
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