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Definition of Syntax

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Definition: Every programming language has it's own syntax. This is like English with its rules about how sentences are formed with verbs and nouns.

A compiler has to know how to understand the statements and expressions so that it can compile the source code into machine code

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The designer of a computer language specifies its syntax.
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