hardware description language

specialized computer language used to describe the structure and behavior of electronic circuits, and most commonly, digital logic circuits
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hardware description language

Summary

hardware description language is a type of computer language[1]. It draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_computer_language category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • hardware description language's instance of is recorded as type of computer language[3].
  • hardware description language's GND ID is recorded as 4159102-1[4].
  • hardware description language's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87005550[5].
  • hardware description language's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122900715[6].
  • hardware description language's subclass of is recorded as modeling language[7].
  • hardware description language's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01183213[8].
  • hardware description language's Commons category is recorded as Hardware description languages[9].
  • hardware description language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jwqb[10].
  • hardware description language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hardware description languages[11].
  • hardware description language's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX539303[12].
  • hardware description language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HDL'}[13].
  • hardware description language's different from is recorded as programming language[14].
  • hardware description language's FAST ID is recorded as 872153[15].
  • hardware description language's Quora topic ID is recorded as Hardware-Description-Languages-HDL[16].
  • hardware description language's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as hardwarebeschreibungssprache[17].
  • hardware description language's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 42143788[18].
  • hardware description language's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007529835405171[19].
  • hardware description language's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C42143788[20].
  • hardware description language's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/hardware-description-languages[21].
  • hardware description language's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Hardware+Description+Language[22].
  • hardware description language's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/38cba9a0-b755-4c34-b804-ee028f25e7b7[23].

Why It Matters

hardware description language draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_computer_language category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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  17. [19] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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