context-free
No situation needed
Context-free describes something that can be understood without surrounding information or situational knowledge.
A context-free statement stands on its own; a context-free grammar in computing generates strings through rules that apply regardless of what surrounds them.
The term often appears in linguistics and computer science: context-free languages, context-free parsing.
In everyday use, calling something context-free may suggest it lacks nuance: That quote is misleading when presented context-free.
Making or generating something
- terminalAt the endpoint
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- BNFSyntax specification notation
- recursionProcess invoking itself
ambiguity · generative · decidability · stack · string · expansion · symbol
Source-to-machine-code translator
- parserSyntax-interpreting program
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- tokenizerText segmentation tool
- scannerDevice that reads data
Causing radical change
- innateExisting since birth
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- competenceAdequate ability to function
Added percentage for profit
- XMLStructured data markup language
- JSONLightweight data interchange format
- HTMLWeb page code
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
production
Making or generating something
- terminalAt the endpoint
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- BNFSyntax specification notation
recursion · ambiguity · generative · decidability · stack · string · expansion · symbol
compiler
Source-to-machine-code translator
- parserSyntax-interpreting program
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- tokenizerText segmentation tool
transformational
Causing radical change
- innateExisting since birth
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
markup
Added percentage for profit
validation · specification · DSL · scripting · serialization
context-freecontext-sensitive
Varying by situation
contextual · context-aware · situational · circumstantial · relative
context-freeadaptive
Able to change accordingly
responsive · embedded · situated · contingent · nuanced
context, free, contexts, contextual, contextually, contextualize, contextualized, contextualizing, contextualization