| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | high-definition multimedia interface | 高分辨率多媒体界面 (A digital interface specification for delivering digital content and connecting consumer electronic devices) |
| comp., MS | interface definition language | 接口定义语言 (In object-oriented programming, a language that lets a program or object written in one language communicate with another program written in an unknown language. An IDL is used to define interfaces between client and server programs. For example, an IDL can provide interfaces to remote CORBA objects) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Interface Definition Language | Microsoft 接口定义语言 (Microsoft implementation and extension of the Interface Definition Language (IDL)) |