Syntax

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Syntax refers to the allowed patterns of constituent elements in a complex data item - for example, the ASCII characters in the input to a program. The term is often used with programming language source code, in which programs in a given language are input to a compiler or interpreter. However, the term is used for many things in computers; e.g. email has a standard for syntax in email messages.

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