Meanings
nounsyntax highlighting (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingHighlighting of source code with color, boldfacing, etc. to indicate its syntactic structure.
Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages.
2015, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Dirk Riehle, Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 代碼高亮 /代码高亮, 語法高亮 /语法高亮
- 代碼高亮 /代码高亮 (dàimǎ gāoliàng)highlighting of source code
- 語法高亮 /语法高亮 (yǔfǎ gāoliàng)highlighting of source code
- 語法突顯 /语法突显highlighting of source code
- 代碼語法高亮 /代码语法高亮highlighting of source code
- 語法高亮顯示 /语法高亮显示highlighting of source code
Finnish syntaksin korostus, syntaksikorostus
- syntaksin korostushighlighting of source code
- syntaksikorostushighlighting of source code
- koodin korostushighlighting of source code
French coloration syntaxique
- coloration syntaxiquehighlighting of source code
German Sytax-Highlighting, Syntaxhervorhebung
- Sytax-Highlightinghighlighting of source code
- Syntaxhervorhebunghighlighting of source code
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APA
syntax highlighting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntax%20highlighting
MLA
“syntax highlighting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntax%20highlighting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syntax highlighting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntax%20highlighting.
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