Any computer language used to describe a software component's interface
Also known as IDL · interface definition language
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An interface description language or interface definition language (IDL) is a generic term for a computer programming language that lets a program or object written in one programming language communicate with another program written in an unknown programming language. IDLs are usually used to describe data types and interfaces in a language-independent way, for example, between those written in C++ and those written in Java.