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Backus-Naur forms

Backus-Naur forms is the plural of Backus-Naur form.

Meaning of Backus-Naur form

Noun

Backus-Naur form (countable and uncountable, plural Backus-Naur forms)

  1. A formal notation for context-free grammars.
    • While context-free grammars (which, by the way, directly correspond to Backus-Naur forms) define the syntax of declarations, statements, and expressions, etc. (i.e. the structure of a program), the regular grammars define the syntax of identifiers, numbers, strings, etc. (i.e., the basic symbols of...1991, Bernd Teufel, Organization of Programming Languages, Springer, page 26

Questions about Backus-Naur forms

What is Backus-Naur forms the plural of?
Backus-Naur forms is the plural of Backus-Naur form.

Words near Backus-Naur forms in the dictionary

  1. backupping
  2. backups
  3. Backus
  4. Backus normal form
  5. Backus-Naur form
  6. Backus-Naur forms
  7. Backuses
  8. backveld
  9. backvelder
  10. backvelders
  11. backvelds

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