"terminal symbol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terminal symbols [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} terminal symbol (plural terminal symbols)
  1. (computing theory) A symbol in a formal grammar that can appear in sentences of the grammar. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Coordinate_terms: non-terminal symbol

Inflected forms

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