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Semantics (programming languages)

In programming language theory, semantics is the rigorous mathematical logic study of the meaning of programming languages. Semantics assigns computational meaning to valid strings in a programming language syntax. It is closely related to, and often crosses over with, the semantics of mathematical proofs.

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Semantics (programming languages)

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Avg. degree1.97
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semantics language operational mathematical meaning formal denotational logic axiomatic theory programming program also describing interpretation semantic often model approaches whereby

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logicinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
set theoryinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
model theoryinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
category theoryinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
etc.It has close links with other areas of computer science such as programming language designinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
type theoryinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
compilersinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
interpretersinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
program verificationinstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text
model checkinginstance ofThe definition of semantic modelsThe relations between different semantic modelsThe relations between different approaches to meaningThe relation between computation and the und…0.80text

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