データ記き述じゅつ言げん語ご

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Meanings

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data description language; DDL

computing

Technical computing term for a language used to define data structures, often in database or markup contexts.

記scribe, account, narrative

述mention, state, speak

言say, word

語word, speech, language

データ操そう作さ言げん語ご
データ操作言語 (DML) is for manipulating data, while データ記述言語 (DDL) is for defining data structures.

Compound of データ (data) + 記述 (description) + 言語 (language), a direct calque of the English term 'data description language'.