A method for describing graphics objects for rendering. Unlike a paint program or image editor, which uses graphical tools for creating images, scene description languages are more like programming ...

With regard to PostScript and PCL, much of the character and graphics shaping is done within the printer rather than in the user's computer. Instead of downloading an entire font (containing the ...

Digital hardware design typically is done using a specialized language, called a hardware description language (HDL). This approach is based on the idea that hardware design has unique requirements.