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Metasyntax — A metasyntax describes the allowable structure and composition of phrases and sentences of a metalanguage, which is used to describe either a natural language or a computer programming language. Some of the widely used formal metalanguages for… … Wikipedia
Extended Backus–Naur Form — In computer science, Extended Backus–Naur Form (EBNF) is a metasyntax notation used to express context free grammars: that is, a formal way to describe computer programming languages and other formal languages. It is an extension of the basic… … Wikipedia
Yacc — The computer program yacc is a parser generator developed by Stephen C. Johnson at AT T for the Unix operating system. The name is an acronym for Yet Another Compiler Compiler. It generates a parser (the part of a compiler that tries to make… … Wikipedia
Backus–Naur Form — In computer science, Backus–Naur Form (BNF) is a metasyntax used to express context free grammars: that is, a formal way to describe formal languages. John Backus and Peter Naur developed a context free grammar to define the syntax of a… … Wikipedia
SDF — may refer to: * Scouts de France * Seattle Debate Foundation, a non profit urban debate league in Seattle, Washington * Seoul Digital Forum, a major international conference held annually in Seoul, Korea, addressing innovation in the digital… … Wikipedia
Wireless sensor network — WSN redirects here. For the metasyntax, see Wirth syntax notation. Typical multi hop wireless sensor network architecture A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental… … Wikipedia
Scannerless parsing — (also called lexerless parsing ) refers to the use of a single formalism to express both the lexical and context free syntax used to parse a language.This parsing strategy is suitable when a clear lexer parser distinction is not required.… … Wikipedia
Wirth syntax notation — (WSN) is a metasyntax, that is, a formal way to describe formal languages. Originally proposed by Niklaus Wirth in 1977 as an alternative to Backus Naur form (BNF), it has several advantages over BNF in that it can be defined using itself, it… … Wikipedia
Syntax Definition Formalism — The Syntax Definition Formalism (SDF for short) is a metasyntax used to define context free grammars: that is, a formal way to describe formal languages. It can express the entire range of context free grammars. Its current version is SDF2. A… … Wikipedia
BNF — steht als Abkürzung für: Backus Naur Form oder Backus Normalform, eine kompakte formale Metasyntax (Metasprache) Baranof Island (IATA Code der Basis für Wasserflugzeuge), eine zum US Bundesstaat Alaska gehörende Insel Bibliothèque nationale de… … Deutsch Wikipedia
