SDL

SDL may refer to:

Computing

• Specification and Description Language, defined by ITU
• Simple DirectMedia Layer, a C programming language library
• Services Description Language, a Microsoft fore-runner to Web Services Description Language
• Scene Description Language, used by POV-Ray
• Structure Definition Language of OpenVMS
• Security Development Lifecycle, a software development process

Organizations

• Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) (SDĽ, 1990–2004)
• Former Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)
• Party of the Democratic Left (2005), SDĽ, Slovakia
• Scottish Defence League, a far-right anti-Muslim organisation
• Social Democratic League of America, 1917–1920
• Software Development Laboratories, the original name of what is today known as Oracle Corporation
• Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua, a political party in Fiji
• Space Dynamics Laboratory, at Utah State University, US
• SDL plc (formerly SDL International), a UK translation tool company

Other uses

• Saudi Digital Library
• Shielded data link connector, an electrical signal connector
• Sexual division of labour
• Sound Digital - also known as SDL National, a digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom
• Standard Deontic Logic, an extension of classical propositional logic
• Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport, by IATA airport code
• Scottsdale Airport, by FAA airport code

See also

• Software development life cycle (SDLC)