Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language. A large high-level ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=VLSI">VLSI design language with Ada-like syntax. The DoD standard for hardware description, now standardised as Ieee 1076. ["VHSIC Hardware Description Language", M.R. Shahdad et al, Ieee Computer 18(2):94-103 (Feb 1985)].