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Meaning of BNF | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Backus-Naur form.
  2. Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
  3. Initialism of Backus normal form.

Equivalents

Français BNF

Examples

“Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?”
“COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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