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syntax highlighting

syntax highlighting noun: highlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure.

Noun

syntax highlighting (uncountable)

  1. Highlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure.
    • Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages.2015, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Dirk Riehle, Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact

Questions about syntax highlighting

What does syntax highlighting mean?
Syntax highlighting means highlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure.
What part of speech is syntax highlighting?
Syntax highlighting is a noun.

Words near syntax highlighting in the dictionary

  1. syntans
  2. syntaphilin
  3. syntax
  4. syntax error
  5. syntax errors
  6. syntax highlighting
  7. syntax tree
  8. syntax trees
  9. syntaxa
  10. syntaxeme
  11. syntaxemes

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