railroad diagram

English

Noun

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 […]

Further reading

• syntax diagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia