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Backus–Naur form — MetaHistoryBook

Backus–Naur form

metasyntax notation for context-free grammars, developed by John Backus and Peter Naur for the ALGOL 60 report (1963); foundational to formal language specification in computer science

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Details

Instance of: metasyntax, formal grammar
Subclass of: context-free grammar
Derivative works: Augmented Backus–Naur Form, extended Backus–Naur form
has use: formal grammar
named after: John Backus, Peter Naur
short name: BNF, БНФ

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Encyclopædia Britannica ↗Treccani ↗

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Notable work of

John Backus

Basis for

extended Backus–Naur form
Augmented Backus–Naur Form