concrete syntax

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concrete syntax - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  concrete syntax
  
     <language> The concrete syntax of a language including all the
     features visible in the source program such as parentheses
     and delimiters.  The concrete syntax is used when parsing
     the program or other input, during which it is usually
     converted into some kind of abstract syntax tree.
  
     Compare: abstract syntax.
  
     (1997-07-21)