railroad diagram

noun

A type of diagram used to visualize context-free grammars.

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Meanings

nounrailroad diagram (plural railroad diagrams)

plural railroad diagrams

  1. A type of diagram used to visualize context-free grammars.

    Figure 1-1 is an example of a railroad diagram, also called a syntax graph. To read a railroad diagram, trace its lines, or tracks, with your finger […]

    1986, Tom Swan, Mastering Turbo Pascal, Hayden Books, →ISBN, page 8

    Synonyms: syntax diagram, syntax graph

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of diagram used to visualize context-free grammars.

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