architecture, parallel> (AADL) A language allowing concise modular specification of multiprocessorarchitectures from the compiler/operating-system interface level down to chip level. AADL is rich enough to specify target architectures while providing a concise model for clocked microarchitectures. ["AADL: A Net-Based Specification Method for Computer architecture Design", W. Damm et al in Languages for Parallel architectures, J.W. deBakker ed, Wiley, 1989]. (2003-06-30)