Dictionary of Business Terms: syntax
syntax
in a computer programming language, set of rules that specify how the language symbols can be put together to form meaningful statements. If a program violates the language syntax rules, a syntax error is noted.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: syntax
syntax
the set of rules that specify how the symbols of a language can be put together to form meaningful statements.A syntax error is a place in a program where the syntax rules of the programming language were not followed.
