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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BNF /B-N-F/ n. 1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus Normal Form' (later retronymed to `Backus-Naur Form' because BNF was not in fact a normal form), a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax of programming languages, command sets, and the like. Widely used for language descriptions but seldom documented anywhere, so that it must usually be learned by osmosis from other hackers. Consider this BNF for a U.S. postal address: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BNF."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BNF | English | Backus Naur Form | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BNF |
| Specialty definitions using "BNF": A PArse REquest Language ♦ Backus-Naur Form ♦ Compiler-Compiler ♦ EOL, Extended Backus-Naur Form, Extended BNF ♦ GMD Toolbox for Compiler Construction ♦ metasyntax, Milarepa, My Favourite Toy Language ♦ parser generator, Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BNF" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (backus normal form, backus-naur form). |
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Political Economy | Botswana | This is a reduced number compared to the 1994 elections when the BNF won thirteen seats. (references) |
Botswana | However, the BCP was never able to develop grass roots support, which allowed the BNF to regain its role as official opposition in Parliament following the general elections. (references) | |
Botswana | The BNF is a traditional socialist party, which finds its strongholds primarily in urban areas, where the economically marginalized, particularly youth, respond favorably to opposition calls for increased government spending on social services. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BNF" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 56.00% of the time. "BNF" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 56% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 24% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 12% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "BNF": extended BNF. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BNF": Non-bnf. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bnf | 102 |
bnf notacion | 5 |
bnf gallica | 5 |
bnf fond | 5 |
almohade banniere bnf fanion paris | 4 |
bnf copy printed | 3 |
backus bnf form naur pdf | 3 |
bnf parser | 3 |
bnf grammaire | 2 |
bnf ebnf java | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-n" | |
+3 letters: biffin, boffin, bowfin, confab, fibrin. | |
+4 letters: baffing, baneful, barfing, beefing, benefic, benefit, biffing, biffins, bluefin, boffing, boffins, bonfire, bowfins, buffing, buffoon, confabs, fabling, fibbing, fibrins, fibroin, finable, finback, fobbing, fubbing, lobefin. | |
+5 letters: baffling, basinful, bedeafen, befallen, befinger, befriend, befringe, benefice, benefits, blackfin, bloodfin, bluefins, bluffing, bonefish, bonfires, boniface, bouffant, bowfront, briefing, buffoons, busulfan, enfeeble, fahlband, fencible, fibranne, fibroins, finbacks, findable, fineable, fishbone, fleabane, flubbing, flyblown, fogbound, forborne, freeborn, fumbling, fungible, furibund, lobefins, numbfish, snuffbox, turbofan, unbelief. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 4E 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... -. ..-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001110 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B N F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 004E 0046 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364840 |
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