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Record 1 2004-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Programming Languages
  • Language (General)
OBS

Context-free grammar: A phrase structure grammar in which the rewrite rules such as [rewrite X as Y] apply irrespective of the context of X.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Langages de programmation
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

Se dit de règles où X peut être remplacé par Y quel que soit le contexte qui précède ou qui suit Y.

Spanish

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