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language The concrete syntax of a language including all the

features visible in the source program such as parentheses

and delimiters. The concrete syntax is used when parsing

the program or other input, during which it is usually

converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree.

Compare: abstract syntax.

(1997-07-21)

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