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形式言語 (keishikigengo) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

形けい式しき言げん語ご

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Meanings

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formal language

Technical term in computer science, logic, and linguistics for a language defined by precise syntactic rules, often without inherent meaning.

形けい式しき言げん語ごは、プログラミング言げん語ごの理り論ろん的てき基き盤ばんとして研

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Formal languages are studied as the theoretical foundation of programming languages.

正せい規き表ひょう現げんは、ある種しゅの形けい式しき言げん語ごを記き述じゅつするために使つかわれる。

Regular expressions are used to describe a certain kind of formal language.

Kanji

形shape, form, style
式style, ceremony, rite
言say, word
語word, speech, language

Related words

自し然ぜん言げん語ご
自然言語 (natural language) refers to languages that evolved naturally in human societies, such as Japanese or English, in contrast to the artificially defined 形式言語.
形けい式しき文ぶん法ぽう
形式文法 (formal grammar) is the set of rules that generates a 形式言語; the two terms are closely related but distinct.

Built from

形けい式しき+言げん語ご

Etymology

Compound of 形式 (form, format) and 言語 (language), likely a calque from English 'formal language' or German 'formale Sprache'.