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Meaning of recursive descent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A kind of top-down parsing involving a set of mutually recursive procedures, each of which implements one of the non-terminals of the grammar, so that the structure of the parser program closely mirrors that of the grammar.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch rekursiver Abstieg
日本語 再帰下降

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

recursive function recursive neural network Recursively Recursiveness recursivity recurvation

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