CDL
Encyclopedia
Technology
- Canal Defence LightCanal Defence LightCanal Defence Light was a British "secret weapon" of the Second World War.It was based upon the use of a powerful carbon-arc searchlight mounted on a tank. It was intended to be used during night-time attacks, when the light would allow enemy positions to be targeted...
, World War 2, British secret weapon - Common Data LinkCommon Data LinkCommon Data Link is a secure U.S. military communications protocol. It was established by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1991 as the military's primary protocol for imagery and signals intelligence CDL operates within the at data rates up to 274 Mb/s...
- Compiler Description LanguageCompiler Description LanguageCompiler Description Language, or CDL, is a Computer language based on affix grammars. It is very similar to Backus–Naur form notation. It was designed for the development of compilers. It is very limited in its capabilities and control flow; and intentionally so. The benefits of these limitations...
to develop compilerCompilerA compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
s, based on affix grammarAffix grammarAn affix grammar is a kind of formal grammar; it is used to describe the syntax of languages, mainly computer languages, using an approach based on how natural language is typically described....
s, similar to Backus–Naur formBackus–Naur formIn computer science, BNF is a notation technique for context-free grammars, often used to describe the syntax of languages used in computing, such as computer programming languages, document formats, instruction sets and communication protocols.It is applied wherever exact descriptions of...
(BNF) notation. - Computer Design Language, ALGOLALGOLALGOL is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally developed in the mid 1950s which greatly influenced many other languages and became the de facto way algorithms were described in textbooks and academic works for almost the next 30 years...
-like computer language - Chinese character Description Language
- Color Decision List
- Central Differential Lock a system to lock the central differentialLocking differentialA locking differential, diff-lock or locker is a variation on the standard automotive differential. A locking differential may provide increased traction compared to a standard, or "open" differential by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without regard to...
unit of four-wheel drive vehicles
Organizations
- California Digital LibraryCalifornia Digital LibraryThe California Digital Library is the University of California's 11th University Library. The CDL was founded to assist the ten University of California libraries in sharing their resources and holdings more effectively, in part through negotiating and acquiring consortial licenses on behalf of...
- CDL was the stock ticker for Citadel Broadcasting Corporation until early 2010.
- Citizens for Decency through Law, an anti-pornography organization founded by Charles KeatingCharles KeatingCharles Humphrey Keating Jr. is an American athlete, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, and financier, most known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s....
- City Developments Limited, a company in Singapore
- Center For Distributed Learning, the online educational arm of Indiana Wesleyan UniversityIndiana Wesleyan UniversityIndiana Wesleyan University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Marion, Indiana that is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church denomination...
- Cereal Disease Laboratory, part of the United States Department of AgricultureUnited States Department of AgricultureThe United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food...
- Comité départemental de libérationComité départemental de libérationThe Comité départemental de libération was a structure of the French Resistance. In 1944, in each department, the Resistance unified around a civil resistance structure and a military one...
, French Resistance structure - China Democratic LeagueChina Democratic LeagueThe China Democratic League is one of the eight legally recognised political parties in the People's Republic of China.The party was established in 1939 and took its present name in 1944. At its formation, it was a coalition of three pro-democracy parties and three pressure groups...
Other
- Candlestick chartCandlestick chartA candlestick chart is a style of bar-chart used primarily to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency over time.It is a combination of a line-chart and a bar-chart, in that each bar represents the range of price movement over a given time interval. It is most often used in...
(e.g. for stock trends) - Carbondale (Amtrak station)Carbondale (Amtrak station)Carbondale is a railway station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was built near an old Illinois Central Railroad Depot, which itself was built in 1903 and restored in 1996....
, Illinois, United States; Amtrak station code CDL - Career Development Loan, a scheme for financing education and training in the United Kingdom
- Chief of Defence LogisticsChief of Defence LogisticsThe Chief of Defence Logistics was a senior post in the British armed forces. As of 1 April 2007 the Defence Logistics Organisation was merged with the Defence Procurement Agency to form a new organisation called Defence Equipment and Support...
, formerly a senior appointment in the British Armed Forces - Choreography Description Language
- Cologne Dance Label, a sub label of record company EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Germany, defunct since 1998 - Commercial driver's licenseCommercial driver's licenseA Commercial Driver's License is a driver's license required in the United States to operate any type of vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 lb or more for commercial use, or transports quantities of hazardous materials that require warning placards under Department of...
(in the United States) - Container deposit legislationContainer deposit legislationContainer-deposit legislation is any law that requires collection of a monetary deposit on soft-drink, juice, milk, water, alcoholic-beverage, and/or other containers at the point of sale...