CDL may refer to:

In general

* AD 450, a year in the Common Era, rendered as "CDL" in Roman numerals * 450 (number), rendered as "CDL" in Roman numerals

People

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister ...

, a senior appointment in the British cabinet * Chief of Defence Logistics, formerly a senior appointment in the British Armed Forces

Places

* Chodiala railway station (station code CDL), Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; a train station * Carbondale station (station code CDL), Carbondale, Illinois, USA; a train station * Candle 2 Airport (IATA airport code CDL), Candle, Alaska, USA; see

List of airports in Alaska This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...

Groups, Organizations, Companies

California Digital Library The California Digital Library (CDL) was founded by the University of California in 1997. Under the leadership of then UC President Richard C. Atkinson, the CDL's original mission was to forge a better system for scholarly information management ...

Call of Duty League The Call of Duty League (CDL) is a professional esports league for the video game series ''Call of Duty'', produced by its publisher Activision. The Call of Duty League follows the model of the Overwatch League as well as other traditional Nort ...

, a professional esports league for the video game series ''Call of Duty'' *

Canadian Defence Lawyers The Canadian Defence Lawyers is an association of Canadian civil defence lawyers. It provides specific education and a forum for information exchange within the membership. History and function Canadian Defence Lawyers (CDL) is the only national ...

House of Freedoms The House of Freedoms (, CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi. History The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/ Pole of Good Government and the Pole for Freedoms. The former ...

(CdL, ), a former political alliance in Italy * CCAir (ICAO airline code CDL), a U.S. airline *

Liberal Democratic Centre The Liberal Democratic Centre (, CDL) was a liberal political party in Spain. It was launched in February 2006 and was led by Manuel Alonso, a former leading member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Democratic and Social C ...

(CDL, ), a former political party in Spain *

China Democratic League The China Democratic League (CDL) is one of the eight minor democratic parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. The CDL was originally founded in 1941 as a pro-democracy umbrella coalition g ...

, a social liberal political party in China * Christian Defense League, American white supremacist group * Chung Dahm Learning, is an English language institute in South Korea * Citadel Broadcasting Corporation stock ticker until early 2010 * Citizens for Decency through Law, pro-censorship advocacy body *

City Developments Limited City Developments Limited (CDL), sometimes also known as CityDev, is a Singaporean multinational real estate operating organisation. Founded in 1963, CDL first developed projects in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as well as in Singapore. However, due ...

, a Singapore-based international real estate development company * College du Leman, a Swiss boarding and day school

Transport and vehicular

Canal Defence Light The Canal Defence Light (CDL) was a British "secret weapon" of the Second World War, based upon the use of a powerful arc lamp, carbon-arc searchlight mounted on a tank. It was intended to be used during night-time attacks, when the light would a ...

, a World War 2 British secret weapon, an armoured vehicle *Configuration Deviation List, see

List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations Below are abbreviations used in aviation, avionics, aerospace, and aeronautics. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N N numbers (turbines) O P Q R S T U V V speeds W X Y Z See also * List of avia ...

Commercial driver's license A commercial driver's license (CDL) is a driver's license required in the United States to operate large and heavy vehicles (including trucks, buses, and trailers) or a vehicle of any size that transports hazardous materials or more than 15 ...

, for commercial motor vehicles (trucks, buses etc.)

Computing, software, electronics

* Character Description Language * Color Decision List * Common Data Link * Compiler Description Language, to develop computer compilers *''Command Language Definition'' of DCL *

Controlled digital lending Controlled digital lending (CDL) is a model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It is based on interpretations of the United States copyright principles of fair use and copyright exhau ...

, a model of digital library

Other uses

* Child-directed language, or baby talk *

Container-deposit legislation Container-deposit legislation (also known as a container-deposit scheme, deposit-refund system or scheme, deposit-return system, or bottle bill) is any law that requires the collection of a monetary deposit on beverage containers (refillable o ...

, any law that requires the collection of a monetary deposit on beverage containers