"VHDL" meaning in English

See VHDL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (computer languages, hardware) Initialism of VHSIC Hardware Description Language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: VHSIC Hardware Description Language Hypernyms: HDL, hardware description language
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