SDL

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SDL may refer to:

Computing

• Specification and Description Language, an ITU-specified system description language
• Security Development Lifecycle, a software development process by Microsoft
• Structure Definition Language, in OpenVMS
• Simple DirectMedia Layer, a cross-platform, free and open source multimedia library
• Services Description Language, a specification language developed at Microsoft as a successor of CORBA's IDL; a fore-runner to Web Services Description Language
• Scene Description Language, the language used by POV-Ray

Organizations

• Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia), a former political party of Slovakia (1990–2004)
• Party of the Democratic Left (2005), a centre-left political party in Slovakia founded 2005
• Scottish Defence League, a far-right anti-Muslim street protest organisation in Scotland
• Social Democratic League of America, a former American propaganda organization
• Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua, a political party in Fiji
• Space Dynamics Laboratory, at Utah State University
• SDL International, a British company selling translation tools and services

Other uses

• Schematic-driven layout, in the design of integrated circuits
• Shielded data link connector, an electrical signal connector
• Sexual division of labour, the delegation of different tasks between males and females
• Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport, by IATA airport code
• Scottsdale Airport, by FAA airport code