railroad diagram

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railroad diagram (plural railroad diagrams)

  1. A type of diagram used to visualize context-free grammars.
    Synonyms: syntax diagram, syntax graph
    • 1986, Tom Swan, Mastering Turbo Pascal, Hayden Books, →ISBN, page 8:
      Figure 1-1 is an example of a railroad diagram, also called a syntax graph. To read a railroad diagram, trace its lines, or tracks, with your finger []

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