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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

syntax

A computer program must be written in a very precise way, in a programming language. Programming languages have a vocabulary of only a limited number of words with precise rules describing how they may be combined. These rules are the program syntax.

Related terms
compilation errorJavalanguageprogrambugdebugdummy variablelogical errorsyntax error
Term sub categories
Programming › writing programs
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