Chomsky hierarchy

English

The Chomsky hierarchy.

Etymology

Described by Noam Chomsky in 1956.

Noun

Chomsky hierarchy (plural Chomsky hierarchies)

1. (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

a containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars

• Portuguese: hierarquia de Chomsky f