page description language
C7001
concept
A page description language is a high-level, device-independent language used to describe the layout, graphics, and text of a printed or displayed page for rendering by printers or display systems.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| page description language canonical | 8 |
| PDF interpreter | 1 |
| digital typesetting system | 1 |
| font description language | 1 |
| postscript | 1 |
| printer control language | 1 |
| printing technology standard | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: page description language
Generated description
A page description language is a high-level, device-independent language used to describe the layout, graphics, and text of a printed or displayed page for rendering by printers or display systems.
Instances (13)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| DVI | — |
| Ghostscript | PDF interpreter |
| PCL | — |
| PostScript | — |
| Mopria | printing technology standard |
|
InterPress page description language at Xerox PARC
surface form:
InterPress
|
— |
|
TeX typesetting system
surface form:
TeX
|
digital typesetting system |
| XPS | — |
| Printer Command Language | — |
|
“Postscript: Contempt as a Virus”
surface form:
Postscript: Contempt as a Virus
|
postscript |
| PDF/VT | — |
| METAFONT | font description language |
|
PS
surface form:
PostScript
|
— |