Chomsky hierarchy
English edit
Etymology edit
Described by Noam Chomsky in 1956.
Noun edit
Chomsky hierarchy (plural Chomsky hierarchies)
- (computer science, linguistics) A containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars. From least to most specialized, the classes are: recursively enumerable, context-sensitive, context-free, and regular.
Translations edit
a containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars
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