formal language
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English
Noun
formal language (plural formal languages)
- (computing theory) A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).[1]
- Hyponym: regular language
- Holonym: formal system
- Meronyms: alphabet, symbol, word
Translations
set of finite strings
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References
- ^ Mirte Dekkers (2008 December) Stone Duality : An application in the theory of formal languages, Prof. dr. Mai Gehrke, retrieved 2019-05-07, page 7