RTL

(hardware)Resistor-Transistor Logic.

RTL

(language)Register Transfer Language.

RTL

(1) (Resistor-Transistor Logic) The first type of digital circuit design, which used resistors at the inputs and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) for switching. In the 1960s, transistors were expensive, and the RTL approach minimized their use. RTL was followed by diode-transistor logic and transistor-transistor logic (see DTL and TTL).

(2) (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; for example: "if the clock signal goes from 0 to 1, then load register A with the contents of register B plus register C." The most popular RTL languages are VHDL and Verilog. RTL specifications are turned into gate-level netlists. See VHDL and Verilog.

RTL Starts the Cycle

The digital chip circuit development cycle typically begins with designs turned into RTL.

RTL

Acronym	Definition
RTL➣Register Transfer Level (VHDL)
RTL➣Register Transfer Level
RTL➣Retail (hardware or software release in its final version, as opposed to beta)
RTL➣Right to Left
RTL➣Ready to Launch (various companies)
RTL➣Right To Life (political party, NY)
RTL➣Run Time Library
RTL➣Responding to Life
RTL➣rectal
RTL➣Rantoul (Amtrak station code; Rantoul, IL)
RTL➣Ready To Learn (PBS)
RTL➣Ride The Lightning (Metallica)
RTL➣Real Time Linux
RTL➣Round Trip Latency
RTL➣Raster Transfer Language
RTL➣Real Time Localization
RTL➣Realtek Lan
RTL➣Reliance Telecom Ltd (India)
RTL➣Redwood Toxicology Laboratory (drug testing facility; Santa Rosa, CA)
RTL➣Register Transfer Language
RTL➣Resistor Transistor Logic
RTL➣Re-education Through Labour (China)
RTL➣Réseau de Transport de Longueuil
RTL➣Regional Team Leader
RTL➣Radio Télévision Luxembourg (Luxembourg Television and Radio)
RTL➣Radio Timor Leste (East Timor)
RTL➣Real Time Logic
RTL➣Register Transfer Logic (semiconductors)
RTL➣Runtime Language
RTL➣Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf (blend construction)
RTL➣Ready to Load
RTL➣Resolution Team Leader
RTL➣Reduced Tillage Linkages
RTL➣Ride the Lobster (unicycling race)
RTL➣Rated Tensile Load (suspension insulators)
RTL➣Register Transfer List
RTL➣Restricted Target List
RTL➣Radial Transmission Line
RTL➣Routine Test Load (suspension insulators)
RTL➣Radio Telex Letter
RTL➣Radiating Transmission Line
RTL➣Regimental Training Line
RTL➣Research & Technology Laboratories (AVRADCOM)
RTL➣Rolling Target List
RTL➣Refrigerated Transmission Line
RTL➣Radio Team Leader
RTL➣Reinforced Tile Lintel
RTL➣Responsible Task Leader
RTL➣Regeneration Thermo-Luminescence
RTL➣Rate Tracking Loop
RTL➣Recovery Technical Limit
RTL➣Resource Tie Line
RTL➣Radiative Transfer Laboratory (University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY)