DDL stands for Data Definition Language, and so it follows that creating a table is DDL, creating a view is DDL and so on.

Full form of the DDL is Data Definition Language.

ddl stands for Data Definaton Language.Eg:- Create ,Alter .Drop.Truncate

Why we have called it as DDL means.... we are defining or acting at structure level. Say, when ever you create a table we are dealing at strucutre level. Hence its is DDL

DDL compiler is the compiler whose job is to convert high level commands to low level commands..