OpenCL（Open Computing Language，开放计算语言）是一个为异构平台编写进程的框架，此异构平台可由CPU、GPU、DSP、FPGA或其他类型的处理器与硬件加速器所组成。OpenCL由一门用于编写kernels（在OpenCL设备上运行的函数）的语言（基于C99）和一组用于定义并控制平台的API组成。OpenCL提供了基于任务分割和数据分割的并行计算机制。

OpenCL类似于另外两个开放的工业标准OpenGL和OpenAL，这两个标准分别用于三维图形和计算机音频方面。OpenCL扩充了GPU图形生成之外的能力。OpenCL由非盈利性技术组织Khronos Group掌管。

Open Computing Language (OpenCL) is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other processors or hardware accelerators. OpenCL specifies a programming language (based on C99) for programming these devices and application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the platform and execute programs on the compute devices. OpenCL provides a standard interface for parallel computing using task-based and data-based parallelism.