Description language may refer to:
- Interface description language aka interface definition language (IDL)
- Regular Language description for XML (RELAX)
- Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
- Page description language (PDL)
- Binary Format Description language - extension of XSIL
- Hardware description language - for circuits
- VHSIC hardware description language - for Field-programmable gate arrays, and logic circuits
- Job Submission Description Language
- Architecture description language
- Specification and Description Language - a specification language
- Character Description Language - for CJK fonts
- Scene description language
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